The Trump administration has escalated its stance against Chinese technology, specifically targeting Huawei's AI chips. A new guidance from the commerce department emphasizes that Huaweiâs Ascend processors, used globally, likely incorporate US technology, thus violating export controls. Companies utilizing these chips risk criminal penalties. This clarifies the existing export regulation interpretations instead of creating new rules. The focus comes amid concerns over Huawei's rapid advancements in AI technology, particularly as they claim their chips are outperforming competitors like Nvidia.
The guidance is not a new control, but rather a public confirmation of an interpretation that even the mere use anywhere by anyone of a Huawei-designed advanced computing [integrated circuit] would violate export control rules.
The bureau said three Huawei Ascend chips-the 910B, 910C, and 910D-were subject to the regulations, noting that such chips are likely to have been designed with certain US software or technology or produced with semiconductor manufacturing equipment that is the direct produce of certain US-origin software or technology, or both.
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