Posted 3/25/2024, 10:49:57 AM
China Issues Plan to Phase Out U.S. Chips From Government Computers
- China introducing guidelines to phase out U.S. chips from Intel, AMD, and servers with U.S. chips in government computers
- Aims to reduce reliance on foreign tech firms by growing domestic semiconductor industry
- Could dent earnings as China was Intel’s largest market (27% of revenue) and AMD got 15% of sales from China
- Total ban could impact Intel's revenue by low-single digits ($1.5 billion) and AMD by a few hundred million
- China issued lists of "safe and reliable" central processing units, operating systems, and databases, all from Chinese firms