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 < [email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- ------------------------------ Jeff Johnson Co-Founder Aeon Computing [email protected] www.aeoncomputing.com t: 858-412-3810 x1001 f: 858-412-3845 m: 619-204-9061 4170 Morena Boulevard, Suite D - San Diego, CA 92117 High-Performance Computing / Lustre Filesystems / Scale-out Storage
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