#video on trying and failing to make #carborundum #materials in the shed in a zirconia crucible; the Australian YouTuber ran into trouble with #export-controls in #China being perhaps incorrectly applied to YSZ. So he used calcia-stabilized zirconia. But an induction furnace is the wrong tool.
on 02026-04-06#NVIDIA got #AI #export-controls to #China lifted in #USA by lobbying #Trump #politics
on 02026-01-15#news on #AI and #export-controls: “#China may have reverse engineered #EUV lithography tool in covert lab, report claims — employees given fake IDs to avoid secret project being detected, prototypes expected in 2028”: “The Chinese machine reportedly generates EUV light with a wavelength of 13.5nm using the same laser-produced plasma (LPP) method as ASML Twinscan NXE machines.”
on 02025-12-18archive of https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/tech/china-west-ai-chips/ #China #news on #AI and #export-controls: new #EUV light source built in Shenzhen. “The team includes recently retired, Chinese-born former ASML engineers and scientists — prime recruitment targets because they possess sensitive technical knowledge but face fewer professional constraints after leaving the company, the people said.
Their recruitment was part of an aggressive drive China launched in 2019 for semiconductor experts working abroad, offering signing bonuses that started at 3 million yuan to 5 million yuan ($420,000 to $700,000) and home-purchase subsidies, according to a review of government policy documents.”
on 02025-12-18#news from September on #export-controls: #China thinks it can replace #NVIDIA’s chips with its own, so it’s banning NVIDIA imports for #AI.
on 02025-12-16#Trump lifts most #export-controls on #NVIDIA to #China for #AI, permitting sales of up to H200, and promising the same to Intel and AMD. #politics
on 02025-12-11#news #video about #export-controls in #China on #rare-earths, gallium, germanium, etc. #USA #politics
on 02025-04-12#USA (especially #Trump) persuaded #Australia, #New-Zealand, #Japan, #France, #Germany, and the #UK to ban or partly ban #Huawei after adding them to the #export-controls list in 02019; the UK in particular mandated removal of Huawei equipment from #5G networks by 02027. #HarmonyOS #politics #China
on 02024-11-27“In February [02015], four #supercomputing institutions in #China were placed on a U.S. government list that effectively bans them from receiving certain U.S. exports.” #Tianhe-2 #export-controls #history #USA #politics
on 02024-11-22"Tianhe-2" (天河-2) was the top supercomputer on the TOP500 list in 02013 to 02015, its expansion handicapped by #USA #export-controls in 02015 under Obama. #China #politics #history #supercomputing
on 02024-11-22