#Chip Sovereignty

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An open padlock sits atop a red AI chip that is still wrapped in chains. Circuit traces run outward to other chips, but every line is shackled, with fabs and a wafer in the background.

China's Open Source Says 'Ascend Only' in the Fine Print — The Localization Paradox

Huawei's CANN is open source under a license barring software for non-Ascend chips. Inside China's second CUDA, and the two links still outside it: pre-training compute and 5nm capacity.

Sep 28, 2026