Seven Chinese supercomputing entities were added to economic blacklist for assisting Chinese military efforts by the U.S. commerce department .
They were involved with building supercomputers used by China’s military actors, its weapons of mass destruction programs.
The department is adding Tianjin Phytium Information Technology, Shanghai High-Performance Integrated Circuit Design Center, Sunway Microelectronics, the National Supercomputing Center Jinan, the National Supercomputing Center Shenzhen, the National Supercomputing Center Wuxi, and the National Supercomputing Center Zhengzhou to its blacklist.
China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Beijing will take “necessary measures” to protect its companies’ rights and interests.
Supercomputing capabilities are vital for the development of many modern weapons and national security systems, such as nuclear weapons and hypersonic weapons,.