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This is a stretch, IMO. Tl;dr: Google and IBM collaborate on the Power architecture, which is widely used in scientific computing. One of the other companies c
by umanwizard 7y ago
This is a stretch, IMO.
Tl;dr: Google and IBM collaborate on the Power architecture, which is widely used in scientific computing. One of the other companies collaborating on it is a Chinese company that sells chips to the Chinese state among other clients.
By this sort of Kevin Bacon logic you can basically tie anyone to anything.
- traderjane 7y ago> The OpenPower Foundation — a nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives with the aim of trying to “drive innovation” — has set up a collaboration between IBM, Chinese company Semptian, and U.S. chip manufacturer Xilinx. Together, they have worked to advance a breed of microprocessors that enable computers to analyze vast amounts of data more efficiently. I think in order to satisfy the Intercept's perspective, the US would have to technologically starve China.
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- mc32 7y agoImagine if Rocketdyne had collaborated with aerospace companies in the USSR. I don’t think it would have been tolerated. That said, China isn’t the USSR or the PRC of old, but it’s also not the UK or France either. So there is good reason for questions and skepticism.
- dx87 7y agoI don't think that's an accurate summary of the connection. Semptian's website says they are working with IBM, and the OpenPower Foundation says they are as well. There isn't even 1 degree of separation between IBM and Semptian.