Human Folly about “sanctions”

Microsofts ICC blockade digital dependence comes at a cost (techzine.eu):
#Microsoft has locked the International Criminal Court (#ICC), including Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, out of their email because of #Trump #sanctions #politics over #Israel.
on 02025-05-20
No more export licenses US plans to fully cut off Huawei from chip suppliers (arstechnica.com):
#Huawei to be fully cut off from #USA chipmakers by #China #sanctions #politics
on 02023-02-01
10 cents CH32V003 RISC V MCU offers 2kB SRAM 16kb Flash in sop8 to qfn20 packages (cnx-software.com):
“[the WCH CH32V003 is] quite timely as we were forced by HQ last Friday to revise all product line designs to comply with 100% Chinese domestic semiconductors & passive components by latest Q4 end. All western sourced/accounts and parts are now forbidden, apart from those sourced by HQ’s registered jurisdiction.

Worth adding to the list, we’ve also signed accounts with GigaDevice and Expressif Shanghai in the MCU and connectivity range. (...) We’re in France BTW.” #hardware #politics #China #sanctions #RISC-V
on 02022-11-01