China acquired recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers, tenders show

ETtech.com— Chinese universities and research institutes recently obtained high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence chips through resellers, despite the U.S. widening a ban last year on the sale of such technology to China. A Reuters review of hundreds of tender documents shows 10 Chinese entities acquired advanced Nvidia chips embedded in server products made by Super Micro Computer Inc., Dell Technologies Inc. and Taiwan's Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd after the U.S. on Nov. 17 expanded the embargo to subject...

TechSpot—Resellers are enabling China to access Nvidia AI chips via Dell and Supermicro servers, despite US restrictions. The US government has spent months cutting off China's access to high-end Nvidia AI accelerators over their potential military applications. The export of advanced chipmaking tools is also restricted.Read Entire Article

Futurism—China Shows Off Monkey With Brain Chip Allowing It to Control Robotic Arm. A Chinese company announced that they have successfully developed a brain chip and implanted it into a monkey.

ETtech.com—US chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says. US export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public Radio on Friday. Since 2022, US officials have imposed sweeping controls on which computing chips can be exported to China, cutting off some sales from Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, among others. Those controls followed earlier bans on shipping chips to Huawei...