China’s great leap forward in chips faces US pushback

China's efforts to develop its semiconductor industry are facing resistance from the US [File: Florence Lo/Reuters]

Taipei, Taiwan – China is facing a steeper climb to overtake the United States and its allies in semiconductors as Washington ramps up measures to restrict Beijing’s ability to produce advanced chips and secure dominance over the strategic technology.

Last week, Washington restricted the sale to China of select Nvidia and AMD advanced graphic processor units (GPUs) used in artificial intelligence applications and supercomputers.