<div dir="ltr">Such a ban is kind of humorous when you consider that a large percentage of Xeon production goes to China where they are integrated into systems built by the contract manufacturers (Foxconn, Quanta, etc). </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Kilian Cavalotti <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kilian.cavalotti.work@gmail.com" target="_blank">kilian.cavalotti.work@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
According to <a href="http://www.vrworld.com/2015/04/07/usa-shocks-intel-ban-on-china-xeon-supercomputers/" target="_blank">http://www.vrworld.com/2015/04/07/usa-shocks-intel-ban-on-china-xeon-supercomputers/</a>,<br>
the US government has placed the 4 major China Supercomputer Centers<br>
on the “Denial List,” which prevents “high technology from the USA” to<br>
be sold to these sites. On claims that they are believed to be engaged<br>
in activities related to nuclear explosives.<br>
<br>
I guess it means no Phi-based Tianhe-3 in the near future, and a clear<br>
path for China to fund the development of their own lines of<br>
processors.<br>
<br>
If that's confirmed, that would be a big loss for Intel, both in the<br>
short and longer terms. That after Summit, that looks like a lot to<br>
take in.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Kilian<br>
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