10-21-2024, 02:53 AM
This post was last modified 10-21-2024, 02:54 AM by Maxmars.
Edit Reason: grammar
At the risk of being grossly Off-Topic, I thought I would add something here...
Within the context of the OP we had discussed that going after the drone manufacturer was kind of obtusely off-target since the offending tech really didn't come from DJI, but instead from it's component manufacturing partners... I figured it would be better if they went after these entities rather than the "brand-holder" who is more fundamentally a commerce activity...
Here is a story where Huawei, which is frequently included in the "spying for China" trope, has a particular 'component manufacturer' that may be closer to a true component in the whole "spying" angle of the stories we are treated to in the press... As if they are 'zeroing in' on the culprits who actually "make" the products the government is concerned about.
From ArsTechnica: US suspects TSMC helped Huawei skirt export controls, report says
Subtitled: US probing whether TSMC helped Huawei make AI chips.
Yesterday, it was reported that the US Department of Commerce is investigating the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) over suspicions that the chipmaker may have been subverting 5G export controls to make "artificial intelligence or smartphone chips for the Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies," sources with direct knowledge told The Information.
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For the past four years, the US has considered Huawei a national security risk after Huawei allegedly provided financial services to Iran, violating another US export control. In that time, US-China tensions have intensified, with the US increasingly imposing tariffs to limit China's access to US tech, most recently increasing tariffs on semiconductors. As competitiveness over AI dominance has heightened, Congress also recently introduced a bill to stop China and other foreign adversaries from accessing American-made AI and AI-enabling technologies.
Since US officials have long considered Huawei to be a state-controlled entity and blocked Huawei from accessing US-made 5G chips considered essential for AI applications, it was concerning when Huawei launched the Mate 60 smartphone with 5G chips. As 9to5Mac put it, "Nobody could understand how that was possible given that Chinese companies did not have the technology required to make the chips."
Just something to consider alongside the OP, which I mean not to diminish or obscure in any way.
Within the context of the OP we had discussed that going after the drone manufacturer was kind of obtusely off-target since the offending tech really didn't come from DJI, but instead from it's component manufacturing partners... I figured it would be better if they went after these entities rather than the "brand-holder" who is more fundamentally a commerce activity...
Here is a story where Huawei, which is frequently included in the "spying for China" trope, has a particular 'component manufacturer' that may be closer to a true component in the whole "spying" angle of the stories we are treated to in the press... As if they are 'zeroing in' on the culprits who actually "make" the products the government is concerned about.
From ArsTechnica: US suspects TSMC helped Huawei skirt export controls, report says
Subtitled: US probing whether TSMC helped Huawei make AI chips.
Yesterday, it was reported that the US Department of Commerce is investigating the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) over suspicions that the chipmaker may have been subverting 5G export controls to make "artificial intelligence or smartphone chips for the Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies," sources with direct knowledge told The Information.
....
For the past four years, the US has considered Huawei a national security risk after Huawei allegedly provided financial services to Iran, violating another US export control. In that time, US-China tensions have intensified, with the US increasingly imposing tariffs to limit China's access to US tech, most recently increasing tariffs on semiconductors. As competitiveness over AI dominance has heightened, Congress also recently introduced a bill to stop China and other foreign adversaries from accessing American-made AI and AI-enabling technologies.
Since US officials have long considered Huawei to be a state-controlled entity and blocked Huawei from accessing US-made 5G chips considered essential for AI applications, it was concerning when Huawei launched the Mate 60 smartphone with 5G chips. As 9to5Mac put it, "Nobody could understand how that was possible given that Chinese companies did not have the technology required to make the chips."
Just something to consider alongside the OP, which I mean not to diminish or obscure in any way.
