Feds block Intel chips for China supercomputer

San Jose Mercury News: The U.S. Department of Commerce has blocked sales of U.S. technology to several Chinese technology centers involved with a supercomputer that Intel had supplied with microprocessor chips.

An Intel spokesman said Thursday that the Santa Clara chipmaker received a letter from the Commerce Department last August that an export license was required to supply chips for a Chinese supercomputer known as Tianhe-2, which translates to "Milky Way-2."

Read article