This will severely impact Huawei's laptop-making abilities. The US government has allegedly revoked Qualcomm's and Intel's licenses to sell chips to...
    • higgsboson@dubvee.orgEnglish
      79·
      7 months ago

      …This article is about the US government doing exactly that. Did you read anything other than the headline?

      The US government has allegedly revoked Qualcomm’s and Intel’s licenses to sell chips to Huawei

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
        272·
        7 months ago

        They probably meant things like monopoly breakups, wage increases, lowering healthcare costs, you know, things that directly affect the average person. This isn’t going to affect my life in any way whatsoever. This squabble is between governments, not us.

        • higgsboson@dubvee.orgEnglish
          63·
          7 months ago

          Ahh, I see how it could be interpreted that way. I’ll just pretend this is asked in good faith, despite it being just an off-topic rhetorical jab at the state of the US government.

          Why can’t they regulate capitalism when it comes to important shit.

          The US government can do this (as opposed to your favored issues) for two reasons: 1) This is executive action by the Biden administration, not requiring Congress. 2) This is inherently uncontroversial, even popular. 81% of Americans have an unfavorable view of China. It is one of the few things Americans agree on with such strong bi-partisan support, thereby making China an easy punching-bag for campaign season.

          Further, I would contest the assertion that the Biden administration isn’t also doing those other things, to the extent that is feasible, given the currently widely divided state of our government.

          • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            8·
            7 months ago

            Yeah, just an off topic rhetorical jab, but I appreciate your answer. I guess it just bothers me when politicians hand wave about free markets when it’s obvious they have the power to make these sorts of changes. I wasn’t talking about Biden specifically either, I’m not even American.

  • Legonatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    7 months ago

    I actually bought a Huawei Matebook in February 2019 (2018 model) from the Microsoft store for just over $1300. You know, the MacBook ripoff one? It was just a few months before they were banned. Honestly, that thing is still a solid laptop.

    Okay battery life, really good specs, super light, amazing display. Unfortunately heats up a lot and throttles under load, but not terrible. I mainly got it for music production with Ableton Live 10, and still use it for that. Gaming is meh but can play some games at modest settings. Good for Photoshop and Premiere. Great for basic computer use. It even barely had any bloatware installed. I suppose there could be some backdoor for spying as is often rumored, but it’s really not something I am that concerned about.

    I guess it’s a shame they got banned. I feel like there’s nothing else in the PC market like it. These days it seems like I’m better off buying a MacBook Pro given my hobbies.

  • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.eeEnglish
    44·
    7 months ago

    But I was told China has a burgeoning tech sector ready to overtake the US at any moment, right yogthos?

  • drawerair@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    7 months ago

    Huge blow to Huawei, which is a firm I dislike.

    It seems they can’t buy x86-architecture processors from Intel and Amd. How can they make x86 💻?

    If Windows arm will succeed in the far future (this is a big if for me), I wonder if Huawei can buy Mediatek chips for Windows arm 💻. I did a quick search. It seems Mediatek wanna design arm chips for 💻.

    A Reuters article said Qualcomm licensed their 5g tech to Huawei. I guess not being able to buy from Qualcomm isn’t a big issue for Huawei. Huawei has their own 5g tech.