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

[Prentice Bisbal]

It's also funny because this will just increase the haste with which 
China develops their own processors to compete with US-sourced ones, 
which, in theory could hasten the decline of the US economy.

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

--
Prentice

On 04/09/2015 12:47 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> 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).
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Kilian Cavalotti 
> <kilian.cavalotti.work at gmail.com 
> <mailto:kilian.cavalotti.work at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     According to
>     http://www.vrworld.com/2015/04/07/usa-shocks-intel-ban-on-china-xeon-supercomputers/,
>     the US government has placed the 4 major China Supercomputer Centers
>     on the “Denial List,” which prevents “high technology from the USA” to
>     be sold to these sites. On claims that they are believed to be engaged
>     in activities related to nuclear explosives.
>
>     I guess it means no Phi-based Tianhe-3 in the near future, and a clear
>     path for China to fund the development of their own lines of
>     processors.
>
>     If that's confirmed, that would be a big loss for Intel, both in the
>     short and longer terms. That after Summit, that looks like a lot to
>     take in.
>
>     Cheers,
>     --
>     Kilian
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