China wants to ban Intel and AMD chips and Windows OS from state computers

25 March 2024
Government-issued computers and servers must pick from a list of 18 approved chips, including Huawei.

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  • 29 Mar 2024

Anonymous, 27 Mar 2024I don't think they should pass this through until thei... moreI think they are. They already have 7nm chips - thats plenty for excel sheets.
They manufacture plenty of own hardware

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    • 28 Mar 2024

    Windows OS banned from China? That would be amazing, for them. Linux would benefit exponentially and I'm all for China joining in on Linux as it is safe, efficient, and a lot more performant. But banning Intel and AMD is not a good move.

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      • 27 Mar 2024

      I don't think they should pass this through until their Chinese alternatives are actually ready to use.

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        • 27 Mar 2024

        Vegetaholic, 27 Mar 2024China is a pile of joke, without AMD, Intel and Windows, th... moreSome country need hardship to flourish after all, like China only got their own space station after US isolate them from space technology. If they can develop their own chip well and also produce cheaper commercial chips for the rest of the market then it's win-win for us. Also chips is like the best spying and hacking tool for NSA's PRISM program so countries should actually to come with their own tech.

          China is a pile of joke, without AMD, Intel and Windows, they will go back to 90's era with their super advanced processor, comm...unist as usual 50 years behind in everything 😜

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            • Anonymous
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            • 26 Mar 2024

            IpsDisplay, 26 Mar 2024Elaborate the USA has massive debt to china And the Enti... moreHypothetically, if the US goes down, China won't be able to collect an enormous amount of debt, which will be catastrophic for China.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 26 Mar 2024

              MrSTTEK, 26 Mar 2024The latest design X86 design we have is Zen2 licensed to Hy... moreActually, AMD was blocked (or chose not to once their financial situation improved, I can't remember, it was five years ago) from licensing Zen 2 to Hygon. They only got to license Zen 1 and maybe Zen+ (which I can say from experience was not that great an upgrade).

              BTW, your use of "we" is very telling...

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                • 26 Mar 2024

                MrSTTEK, 26 Mar 2024because the westerners let China join WTO... isn't it?... moreWTO is near to its death now

                  Carol-, 26 Mar 2024That would mean game over for china more then for USA. Or y... moreElaborate the USA has massive debt to china

                  And the Entire world depends heavily on China's rare earth metals

                  So tell me how china loses mostly from that

                    Anonymous, 26 Mar 2024I am really interested to see how their struggling economy ... moreThey catched up already. You just do not want to accept it.

                      Anonymous, 26 Mar 2024Huawei is garbage company, that still use expired old tech ... moreWho is paying you for coming here?

                        Anonymous, 25 Mar 2024Anything that upsets chinese will make me happy. They deser... moreYes you are the perfect example of a brainwashed couchpotato. You don't even know why but you just follow it because they told you to in the TV. Pathetic.

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                          • 26 Mar 2024

                          Sam N8 808 owner, 26 Mar 2024Actually, all the current market AMD & Intel processors... moreYou are way too paranoid. These chips are the same as Apples T2, even ARM has their version of it.

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                            • 26 Mar 2024

                            So much for Microsoft trying to censored video games from China.

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                              • 26 Mar 2024

                              Anonymous, 26 Mar 2024I am really interested to see how their struggling economy ... moreI don't think US bans are going to stop China from "catching up". All they do is stifle competition and reduce choice and increase costs to consumers.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 26 Mar 2024

                                I am really interested to see how their struggling economy is doing after the ban. They might need another decade to catch up, but they won't.

                                  Actually, all the current market AMD & Intel processors have this "Management engine" running within them, and from the information gathered from specific links online, it runs Linux, and runs at kernel level -3, which means it can access any hardware or software component whatsoever without any notice to user, even when the device is off. It was never necessary to have a management engine in a processor.
                                  Today, neither AMD nor Intel agrees to make its contents open source, or to remove it, also making it tougher by each generation, to disable it. This makes it suspicious.

                                  If true, it means everything you do on a PC/ phone, could be privacy-compromised.

                                  Its creator was once allegedly approached by a secret team, & some no-disclosure agreements were signed. The creator says he regrets it.
                                  The only thing is, it looks probable but isn't verified by anything substancial...

                                    Anonymous, 25 Mar 2024Anything that upsets chinese will make me happy. They deser... moreso do you remember why they banned google fb etc in china? for spying. and they definitely do spying for government, its not hidden. so why be hypocrite, if one do then its okay, but if others doing then its not acceptable.

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                                      • 26 Mar 2024

                                      [deleted post]Huawei is garbage company, that still use expired old tech chipset. Huawei deserves to be sanctioned and i am really happy about it.

                                      What you gonna do now about my comment? Crying harder?🤣

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                                        • 26 Mar 2024

                                        All regime fall apart,
                                        Just look back history of dirt.
                                        The world might look scary,
                                        Cause everything looks now very blurry.
                                        Don't worry about these upgrades,
                                        Everything will we fine one day.
                                        Form unity, spread progression,
                                        Rathar than doing just speculation.
                                        Hope for the best and take rest,
                                        Sing song and find pokemon.

                                        From - ________ .