U.S. issues worldwide crackdown on using Huawei Ascend chips, says it violates export controls

While scrapping the AI Diffusion Rule, the U.S. government has banned Huawei's Ascend AI processors as they allegedly use American technologies without authorization.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/u-s-issues-worldwide-crackdown-on-using-huawei-ascend-chips-says-it-violates-export-controls

Created 10h | May 15, 2025, 12:10:04 PM


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