Huawei’s Ascend processors are increasingly viewed by companies like Nvidia as a true competitor—and the U.S. is keen to suppress their use.
Last week, the U.S. warned that using Huawei’s Ascend chips could be a violation of export controls, alleging that the design and production of those chips relied on U.S. processes and equipment. Washington later modified its statement to say it was merely alerting industry to the risks of using Chinese advanced computing processors, including Huawei’s Ascend chips. It also removed a reference that using Huawei chips “anywhere in the world” might trigger sanctions, according to Bloomberg.
