On April 17, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang rushed to Beijing, marking his second visit to China in just three months. The urgency of this visit was triggered by the U.S. government’s sudden announcement on April 9, imposing “indefinite export controls” on NVIDIA’s H20 chip designed specifically for the Chinese market. This news hit the capital … Read more
Technical Editor: Mango | Reported by SegmentFault Editorial Department | WeChat Official Account: SegmentFault The U.S. Entity List has struck again, this time affecting universities, with Harbin Institute of Technology and Harbin Engineering University no longer able to use MATLAB. As U.S.-China tensions escalate, after tech companies were added to the Entity List, universities have … Read more
49 “Everything We Are Competing For” A former Obama administration official expressed concern: “This $250 billion fund will bury us.” [Illustration] He referred to the subsidies promised by the Chinese central and local governments to support domestic chip manufacturers. However, the two pillars of U.S. technology policy (embracing globalization and ‘running faster’) are deeply entrenched, … Read more
Two informed sources revealed that China plans to issue its first policy guidance encouraging the nationwide use of open source RISC-V chips to accelerate the reduction of China’s dependence on Western technology. The policy is expected to be released this month, although the final date may vary.According to sources, the policy has been jointly drafted … Read more