US restricts 7 Chinese supercomputing entities over national security concerns

America is increasing its record of restricted firms and authorities labs whose supercomputing skills are “utilized by China’s army actors, its destabilizing army modernization efforts, and/or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) packages,” the US Commerce Department stated in an announcement Thursday.

Inclusion on the Entity Record, because it’s referred to as, means these teams should apply for licenses from the Commerce Division in the event that they need to get items from US suppliers, Reuters famous.

“Supercomputing capabilities are important for the event of many — maybe virtually all — trendy weapons and nationwide safety methods, resembling nuclear weapons and hypersonic weapons,” Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo stated in an announcement.

The additions to the record are: the Tianjin Phytium Data Know-how Shanghai Excessive-Efficiency Built-in Circuit Design Middle, Sunway Microelectronics, the Nationwide Supercomputing Middle Jinan, the Nationwide Supercomputing Middle Shenzhen, the Nationwide Supercomputing Middle Wuxi, and the Nationwide Supercomputing Middle Zhengzhou.

The Chinese language Embassy In Washington, DC, did not instantly reply to a request for remark. 

Supercomputers are used for physics simulations that mannequin nuclear weapons explosions. The US has spent billions of {dollars} on supercomputers designed to help the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile.