News Intel staves off AMD and China critics to keep exclusive export license to Huawei — Intel sells 90% of CPUs used in the company's laptops

[Admin]

Intel's export license to Huawei won't be revoked, meaning for another year Intel can sell laptop CPUs to the Chinese tech giant.

Intel staves off AMD and China critics to keep exclusive export license to Huawei — Intel sells 90% of CPUs used in the company's laptops : Read more

 

[Dustyboy1492]

It makes sense the US government would give an export license to a company that actually fabs its chips in the US, as opposed to AMD that manufactures in Taiwan.

 

[rluker5]

I think the answer as to why a request for a license to do business was approved under a pro business administration and why a similar request to an anti business administration was denied has more to do with the people approving the requests for licenses than the companies requesting them.

AMD should have put in the request a bit earlier.

 

[NinoPino]

It makes sense the US government would give an export license to a company that actually fabs its chips in the US, as opposed to AMD that manufactures in Taiwan.

If AMD is a U.S. company than should be applied same rules otherwise you need a specific legislation.
What about Apple (made in PRC) ?
In any case there had to be an answer.

 

[Notton]

The answer is, the person signing those exemptions changed.
If Intel and AMD had their roles reversed in this situation, I don't think anyone would be able to predict the outcome of those export licenses either.

 

[Argolith]

It makes sense the US government would give an export license to a company that actually fabs its chips in the US, as opposed to AMD that manufactures in Taiwan.

By your logic the restrictions shouldn't apply to AMD because as you said, it's not a US export but a Taiwan one.

 

[Avro Arrow]

The way I see it is very simple. If one is allowed to export to Huawei, then all should be allowed to export to Huawei. I don't have a problem with Intel having said export licence, I do however have a problem with only Intel having said export licence.

According to Americans, capitalism is supposed to be a level playing field without government intervention. Well, this situation shows that it doesn't work that way. Either grant export licences to other companies or revoke Intel's.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

According to Americans, capitalism is supposed to be a level playing field without government intervention. Well, this situation shows that it doesn't work that way. Either grant export licences to other companies or revoke Intel's.

But we live in the age of "Crony Capitalism", he who has more friends/fingers in Washington DC has more stroke to rig the game in their own favor.