The United States has implemented and repeatedly tightened export controls on advanced-computing chips since October 2022 to prevent China from utilizing U.S. technology to enhance its military and technological capabilities.

A manufacturer-by-manufacturer overview of the chips, accelerators, and infrastructure powering modern AI systems.

The complex and evolving relationship between the United States and China, encompassing diplomatic, military, economic, and technological dimensions, including tensions over Taiwan, competition in the Indo-Pacific, AI development, and broader questions of global power and deterrence.