[Beowulf] US bans Intel Xeon exports to China's Supercomputer centers

[Fabricio Cannini]

On 09-04-2015 17:44, Prentice Bisbal wrote:
> It's also funny because this will just increase the haste with which
> China develops their own processors to compete with US-sourced ones,

My exact thought of yesterday, Prentice:
https://twitter.com/fcannini/status/585868885628481536

> which, in theory could hasten the decline of the US economy.

> Another case of unintended consequences from US foreign policy? Only
> time will tell.

Also, one of the organizations listed is the National University of 
*DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY* (high caps are mine). How surprising is it that the 
Chinese nuclear weapons program is using HPC ?

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