AMD, Intel, absent from China’s list of approved CPUs
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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I mean, we do the same thing, for the same reasons, with our government and defense procurement orders these days. This isn’t that weird. It’s only weird in that they’re clearly cutting themselves off from the best high-volume x86 CPU manufacturers that currently exist, but aside from that, the geopolitical and strategic calculus adds up.

    • Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      x86 is dying, legacy processing. It’s all GPU’s and ARM processing now. Apple is leaning hard into it so they set themselves as a leader in AI in the future.