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The chip wars have started. And they are not just about chips anymore.
US lawmakers are demanding Nvidia suspend AI chip exports to China. That is not a trade dispute, it is a declaration of technological warfare.
Alibaba just unveiled the XuanTie C950 chip, purpose-built for agentic AI. China's answer to the export ban: build your own. They are not waiting for permission.
Meanwhile, SK Hynix committed $8.5 billion to EUV lithography equipment. South Korea is betting its entire semiconductor future on being indispensable to both sides of the coming divide.
The global technology stack is fragmenting. Not gradually. Deliberately.
For years, technology was globalized. Supply chains spanned continents. The iPhone was designed in California, manufactured in China, shipped everywhere. That model worked because the US was winning.
Now the US is trying to ensure it keeps winning by cutting off competitors. China is building a parallel infrastructure so it does not have to suffer when being cut off. Nations are choosing sides before the battle lines are fully drawn.
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2026-03-24 05:47:40 UTCEvent JSON
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