China bans AMD, Intel and Microsoft from government computers

According to one, Chinese government agencies should provide secure and reliable processors and operating systems Financial Times report from Sunday to use in the future; However, hardware from AMD and Intel as well as operating systems from Microsoft are no longer available.

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According to the report, this applies to government offices above the local level and to both common work computers and servers. Foreign software should fundamentally be replaced by local solutions.

The Reuters news agency also reports lists of CPUs, operating systems and centralized databases published at the end of December that are considered “safe and reliable” for three years after the publication date and that all come from Chinese companies.

According to reports, both the Chinese government and the affected hardware manufacturers did not respond to inquiries from Reuters and the Financial Times.


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