I am curious if this was caused by the export restrictions on Xeon & Xeon Phi chips to the Chinese government due to the concerns about their super-computers.

I am curious if this was caused by the export restrictions on Xeon & Xeon Phi chips to the Chinese government due to the concerns about their super-computers. If that is the cause, it could be interesting as we may end up with AMD (and the rest of us) getting the benefits of heavy research into upcoming processors, simply as they become a strategic material for the Chinese government. The competition would benefit all of us.