US sets to increase trade restrictions for supercomputer and AI companies from China

The White House will announce rules to govern the country. Continue readingAccording to this report, China restricts access to computing technology in China that could potentially be used by its military. The New York Times. These measures are expected to be announced next week. They are said to aim to limit Beijing’s ability produce advanced weapons systems and surveillance systems. 

The new rules would add to the restrictions that currently prevent companies selling US-developed technologies for Huawei smartphones. First introducedTrump administration in 2019. Insiders said that President Biden is likely to apply such restrictions for additional Chinese firms, government-research labs, or other entities. NYT. The targeted companies would be banned from buying any American-made technology from other countries.

Last month ReutersAccording to reports, the White House may try to limit sales of advanced US-made products to China’s semiconductor sector. It might also limit American microchip exports to advanced Chinese supercomputing, data centers and data centers. This could impact not only government but also universities and internet companies such as Tencent and Alibaba. 

The US has the best performance in the Top500 supercomputer listChina leads the world in system numbers. If enacted, the new US curbs would be the most significant effort to stop China’s ability build supercomputers or data centers. 

Supercomputing is used for benign purposes, but there are also instances when it can be used for malicious purposes like surveillance or weapons development. One example is the use of a supercomputer with NVIDIA and Intel chips. surveilleUyghur minority in the nation NVIDIA notified the nation last month In an SEC filingUS government restricted the sale of supercomputer chips and AI to Russia and China.