China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the Washington expanded its list of Chinese companies subject to export controls on computer chip-making equipment, software and high-bandwidth memory chips. Such chips are needed for advanced applications.
The ratcheting up of trade restrictions comes as President-elect Donald Trump has been threatening to sharply raise tariffs on imports from China and other countries, potentially intensifyi
I think antimony is what the last CEO of Intel used /s
If you don’t get it antimony kinda looks like anti-money which would be like the opposite of money and intel lost a bunch of money recently.
Thank you, explaining a joke always makes it so much funnier.
Commenting on the joke’s explanation explaining that it makes it funnier makes it even funnier
Even in tech circles, the financial health of a company and the removement of c-suite executives is still rather niche interests, hence the explanation.
Antimony? That thing I gotta pay the ex-wife?