Speaker 1: Hello, bite lovers, ting here your trusty cyber whisperer, armed
Speaker 1: with a double shot of espresso and a healthy obsession
Speaker 1: for US China tech battles. Buckle up, because the past
Speaker 1: two weeks have been turbocharged in the world of Beijing,
Speaker 1: bites the headline grabber. Just yesterday, the United States lifted
Speaker 1: its ban on exports of Electronic Design Automation EDA software
Speaker 1: to China. For the uninitiated, EDA is the brains behind
Speaker 1: modern chip design. This move marks a rare policy rollback
Speaker 1: triggered by a broader trade deal. But don't cue the
Speaker 1: Kombaya just yet. The band's brief existence was a major
Speaker 1: pressure point for homegrown giants like Huawei and Smike, who
Speaker 1: were left gasping for access to high end chip making tools.
Speaker 1: US restrictions, especially those blocking Dutch ASML's extreme ultraviolet EUV
Speaker 1: lithography machines, still make building bleeding edge chips in China
Speaker 1: basically a pipe dream. China, meanwhile, isn't sitting idle sipping tea.
Speaker 1: In a defensive counter move, Beijing continues to wield its
Speaker 1: rare earth dominance and a new catalog restricting exports of
Speaker 1: key tech from light OAR systems to solar silicon wizardry. Remember,
Speaker 1: China controls around eighty five percent of the world's rare
Speaker 1: earth processing capacity. That's a stranglehold on magnets critical to
Speaker 1: everything from iPhones to F thirty five fighter jets. And
Speaker 1: don't forget banning micron memory chips in critical Chinese infrastructure.
Speaker 1: This past spring signaled Beijing is done playing nice now
Speaker 1: to the shadows cyber Recent weeks saw surges and state
Speaker 1: sponsored cyber activity, especially targeting semiconductor IP and AI research
Speaker 1: on both sides of the Pacific. Hack and leak campaigns
Speaker 1: are ramping up, with US and Chinese intelligence agencies trading
Speaker 1: accusations almost daily. Think of it as digital brinkmanship. Every
Speaker 1: advance in AI chips, every slip of confidential algorithm code,
Speaker 1: shifts the cyber balance in ways that matter for both
Speaker 1: economies and militaries. Policy wise, it's all about choke points.
Speaker 1: The US doubled down on restricting US trained engineers from
Speaker 1: collaborating with Chinese state backed labs and research institutions. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: China's one hundred and forty three billion dollar chip self
Speaker 1: sufficiency push continues full steam, with provinces like Guangdong rolling
Speaker 1: out subsidies for local foundries faster than you can say
Speaker 1: five menimeter process node the impact Global supply chains are
Speaker 1: feeling the static. Western car and electronics makers fear a
Speaker 1: rerun of chip shortages if US China rifts deepen. Some
Speaker 1: are even hedging bets moving supply chain nodes to third
Speaker 1: countries Hello Vietnam, Hello Mexico. While keeping one eye on
Speaker 1: Washington and the other on Beijing. Experts argue this isn't
Speaker 1: just a squabble over gadgets, it's a fight over future
Speaker 1: power tech. Self sufficiency means military might, AI supremacy, and
Speaker 1: economic resilience. Expect the competition to get more granular, focusing
Speaker 1: on quantum, next gen batteries and biotech forecasting five for
Speaker 1: forward My cybercrystal Ball says Ditante is unlikely. Instead, watch
Speaker 1: for more tit for TAT restrictions, sharper cyber espionage operations,
Speaker 1: and a patchwork global tech landscape where US and Chinese
Speaker 1: standards duke it out. You'll want to follow along. The
Speaker 1: next chip ban or leak could redraw digital borders overnight.
Speaker 1: That's it for today's Beijing bites. I'm ting always wired
Speaker 1: for the latest in chips hacks and high stakes policy.
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