Chip War

Only 20% of China's chipmaking tools are domestically made, putting the country at the mercy of external forces.

U.S. does not want AMD and Nvidia sell their advanced AI and HPC GPUs to Middle East countries as these processors could be resold to China, or accessed by Chinese entities from the cloud

Microsoft offers over 700 AI and Cloud Computing engineers and other staffers in its China operation to move to the U.S., Ireland, Australia, or New Zealand.

The U.S. will increase import tariffs on Chinese semiconductors from 25% to 50% in 2025.

The US government has broken its record for most Chinese entities on the Entity List at once, with quantum research in China and elsewhere receiving fresh new sanctions and blockades.

The U.S. government has revoked export licenses for select processors for PCs and smartphones — Intel and Qualcomm can no longer ship to Huawei.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claims the Chip War is not meant to restrict or hold back China, ignoring real-world impacts on Chinese industry and the claims of other U.S. lawmakers.

King Yuan sells off its China subsidiary due to geopolitics, U.S. sanctions against China, rising competition, and ability to earn more in Taiwan.

U.S. lawmakers again review the risks of China's access to powerful chips through the RISC-V standard, an open-source ISA that wants to remain open to all.

China's legacy chip production has skyrocketed since U.S. export sanctions took effect. In Q1 2024, China's legacy chip production was three times what it was in Q1 2019.