The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is largely dependent on computer chips designed by American companies for its progress in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, according to a new report by researchers at Georgetown University.
The authors of the study, published in June, analyzed 24 public contracts awarded by PLA units and state-owned defense enterprises in 2020, sifting through thousands of purchasing records to find out exactly how the Chinese military comes to acquire AI chips.
They found that the PLA is placing orders for AI chips designed by companies in the United States and manufactured in Taiwan and South Korea, despite efforts by both the Trump and Biden administrations to limit technology exports to the Chinese military….