To continue buying the chips would be seen as accepting US-dictated tech inferiority. China would rather push for tech independence
When US tech giant Nvidia unveiled its B40-series chips for China – stripped-down versions of its more advanced H20 line – many in Washington and Silicon Valley believed they had struck a clever compromise. The United States would retain its technological lead while allowing China to buy “safe” alternatives that preserved its dependence on American suppliers. Nvidia, in turn, could continue to profit from one of its largest markets.
Once, many Chinese policymakers and entrepreneurs assumed that reliance on US hardware was inevitable – the unavoidable price of joining the global technology game. Building an entirely self-sufficient semiconductor industry seemed overwhelming. Experts routinely warned that catching up with America in high-end chips would take decades, perhaps generations.
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