This week, the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei unveiled a new laptop that contains one of American Intel’s new AI chips.
That prompted Republican lawmakers to rail against the Biden administration on Friday, writes Reuters.
The company has found itself at the center of an intense diplomatic dispute between China and the United States. The Americans claim that the government in Beijing can use Huawei systems installed abroad for espionage, which both the Chinese government and Huawei strongly dispute.
The United States has banned American companies from doing business with Huawei, and the company’s access to data chips and other technology is limited. They are also not allowed to sell their phones to US customers, and they are excluded from the development of the 5G network in the US.
American suppliers must therefore apply for a license to deliver goods to Huawei, which should be difficult to obtain, before they send the goods to the company.
The Trump administration has allowed Intel to send central processors to Huawei since 2020, but several have called out to the Biden administration to withdraw this license, writes Reuters.
China opponents, on the other hand, believe that the unveiling of the new laptop suggests that the US Department of Commerce has approved shipments of the new chip, the Core Ultra 9 processor.
“One of the biggest mysteries in Washington DC is why the Commerce Department continues to allow US technology to be sent to Huawei,” Republican congressman Michael Gallagher, who chairs the House China Committee, said in a statement to Reuters.
2024-04-13 14:21:54
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