Two prominent Chinese figures in the semiconductor industry are related:
Jensen Huang, the CEO of blockbuster Nvidia, and Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD.
Posted on 08/11/2025 6:11:12 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
The Trump administration has cleared semiconductor giants Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to resume sales of certain artificial intelligence chips to China — on the condition that the U.S. government receives 15 percent of the revenue from those sales. The unusually structured deal followed a White House meeting last week between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and President Donald Trump. Licenses were issued two days later. "We follow rules the U.S. government sets for our participation in worldwide markets," Nvidia said in a statement, adding that it hoped the policy "will let America compete in China and worldwide."
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Why are we helping China's CCP ?
Communism must be fought, not nourished.
Nvidia is valued in the trillions.
That assumes its products are going to be produced in great volume.
The Chinese are going to get their hands on Nvidia chips.
Good question.
The PRC is not our friend and it is not our enemy.
It is our biggest and most capable competitor.
The PRC will do what it needs to do to survive and prosper.
The USA should do what it needs to do to survive and prosper.
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Donald Trump is a transactional president. It is his nature to measure success by deals made and their balance sheet debits and credits. We knew this going in, the art of the deal and all of that so we should not be surprised. Still beats what a Harris presidency would have wrought.
The information below is what Israel and its annoying ***-kissers do not want you to know.
Trump restricted sensitive technological exports to China. As a result, China turned to “cooperative Israel.” China’s direct investment in Israel’s IT industry, especially in chips and semiconductors, now has increased.
Speaking before a gathering of business people from both countries, the Israeli prime minister encouraged China “to assume its rightful place… on the world stage. We are your perfect junior partner for that effort,” Netanyahu added. “…I believe this is a marriage made in heaven.”
In 2017, Israeli PM Netanyahu said China accounts for one-third of the investment in Israeli high technology, which includes US military technology the US shares w/ Israel, its strongest ally. In the ’90s, Israel sold military equipment and technologies to China, including the Harpy missile system.
This incident chilled relations between the United States and Israel, with Israel being suspended from its status as Security Cooperative Participant in the Joint Strike Fighter program. However, on 6 November 2005, Israel stated that it has been re-admitted into the program.
The US had to pressure Israel to stop sharing US military technology w/ China. Yet Israel still doesn’t restrict China from acquiring dual-usage technologies that could have military implications against the US.
A succession of US administrations warned Israel about its growing tie with China, sharing concern about China using Israel as a backdoor to access sensitive technologies from the US.
The most vocal objection to Sino-Israeli ties came from the Trump administration. When former Secy of State Mike Pompeo visited Israel in 2019, he warned Israelis that the CCP “engages in spying through its commercial state-owned enterprises and presents risk through its technology systems. Pompeo said China’s actions posed a risk.
Unfortunately, Israel largely brushed aside the warnings. Like many other countries, China’s massive market has enticed Israel. Plus, the Israeli government hopes China’s good relationships with Arab nations may help Israel.
Netanyahu was working on a Sino-Israeli free trade agreement and planned to visit China. But China’s siding w/ Hamas alerted Israel’s leaders to the reality that Communist China’s relationship with Israel is purely transactional.
China is Israel’s 2nd largest trading partner,
with total trade value reaching a whopping $24.45 billion.
Claims abound that a portion of China’s technological advancement has been facilitated by illicitly acquiring US technology and intellectual property,
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US government reports and officials have highlighted concerns over Chinese state-sponsored cyberattacks and espionage targeting US companies, research institutions, and government entities to acquire sensitive technological information for military and economic advantages. Some argue that China’s “military-civil fusion” strategy further blurs the lines between civilian and military tech development and potentially incentivizes such acquisition efforts.
In summary, there is a strong body of evidence suggesting that China has engaged in widespread theft of US technology and intellectual property, contributing to its technological advancement, although the extent of this contribution and China’s own innovation efforts are subjects of ongoing debate and analysis.
DoD Officials: Chinese Actions Threaten U.S. Technology, ...
Jun 21, 2018 — ‘Multifaceted Threat’ to United States China has acquired proprietary technology and early stage ideas through cyber-enabled means.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense (.gov)
Two prominent Chinese figures in the semiconductor industry are related:
Jensen Huang, the CEO of blockbuster Nvidia, and Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD.
Security Risk or Easy Money? Or Extortion?
Why are we helping China’s CCP ?
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For the same reason we are allowing Ukraine to fall to Russia. Were there any US politicians more naive that 47 & his Pit Bull about current & past world history? Ever?
To them its all about money, using the disguise of making America great again. This is why a few months ago the Chinese were intent on building a AI server complex designed to use Nvidia H20 chips, even-though there was, at the time, a strict ban on exporting those chips to China.
47 saw big bucks coming in, via his disastrous tariff policies, and just to make even more money, 47 has announced he will extort not only Nvidia, but all chip makers in the US to the tune of 15% of their gross profits.
Last time I checked extortion was criminal ...
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