US fear of China tech leap Huawei chips banned
According to a report by the Webangah News Agency, citing Tasnim News Agency, the Financial Times reported today (Wednesday) that the Donald trump administration has taken a stricter stance against China’s technological advancements and warned companies worldwide that using AI chips manufactured by Huawei could lead to criminal penalties for violating U.S. export controls.
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued guidance clarifying that Huawei’s “Ascend” processors are subject to export restrictions as they almost certainly contain or were produced using American technology.
The Bureau of Industry and security (BIS), responsible for overseeing export control regulations, announced on Tuesday that stricter rules have been imposed on foreign AI chips, including guidance stating that using Huawei’s Ascend chips anywhere in the world would violate U.S. export controls.
Informed sources emphasized that BIS did not issue new regulations but publicly clarified to companies that Huawei’s chips likely fall under existing restrictions—rules requiring challenging-to-obtain licenses for exporting american technology to the Chinese firm.
Kevin Wolf, an experienced export control attorney at Akin Gump law firm, stated in the report: “The issued guidance is not a new restriction but rather a public affirmation interpreting even just using an advanced integrated circuit designed by Huawei—anywhere and by anyone—as possibly violating export control laws.”
The BIS confirmed three models of Huawei’s Ascend chips—910B,910C,and 910D—are subject to these rules.
A statement noted these chips were likely “designed with certain U.S.-origin software or technology or manufactured with chipmaking equipment directly derived from such software/technology—or both concurrently.”
The bureau released this guidance amid growing concerns among U.S. officials about Huawei’s rapid progress in producing AI chips and related hardware.
Huawei recently announced delivering AI chip “clusters”to Chinese clients outperforming Nvidia’s equivalent products in total processing power memory metrics.
this system relies heavily on multiple 910C units which individually lag behind Nvidia’s top-tier offerings yet collectively surpass comparable clusters made by nvidia.
Headquartered Shenzhen-based company currently supplies its Ascend series especially models like th e9lOB&Cto other Chinese firms while ramping up production capacity through advanced fabrication lines as domestic firms unable access Nvidias products increasingly turn towards Huawel orders.
Meanwhile worries grow within America over fears this national champion may soon expand shipments both domestically internationally offering processors capable competing against those from NVIDIA and other US companies.
