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Tencent Leases 100,000 Top-End US Chips in AI Race
Original: AI Race: Tencent Leases 100,000 Top-of-the-Line US Chips
Chinese tech giant Tencent has reportedly arranged to lease around 100,000 top-of-the-line US-made chips as it races to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities. The scale of the deal underscores how fiercely Chinese firms are competing for advanced compute power despite US export restrictions on cutting-edge semiconductors, and it is drawing attention to loopholes around leasing rather than buying restricted hardware.
Why now: The scale of the deal and its implications for US export controls on advanced AI chips make it a hot topic in the tech and geopolitics debate.
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- AI Race: Tencent Leases 100,000 Top-of-the-Line US Chips · Table.Briefings
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