Malaysia is weighing Huawei chips despite a warning from Washington.
Malaysia is close to picking Huawei chips to keep its national data inside the country. A state linked telecoms firm would run the project, worth 2 billion ringgit or about $494 million. Washington warns the Ascend 910C chip could break its export rules, and Malaysian officials visit this month.
Why it mattersNo government has openly chosen Chinese AI chips over American ones before. If this holds, other countries short of chips get a template to copy.
Read in the app — free, in 9 languages
Related stories
Britain's state research chief quit days after joining Anthropic.2026-09-08Publishers want a cut of author payouts on books they gave back.
2026-09-07A blacklisted Chinese firm renamed its US arm and kept buying chips.
2026-09-07American campaigns are buying ChatGPT even though it bans their ads.
2026-09-06The Seattle Times sued two firms that fund its own fellowships.
2026-09-06