It was easy to predict this would happen when the US gov made this silly and very pointless move of blocking Intel Xeon chips in China, with an even sillier excuse that China is using its supercomputers to do nuclear research (shocking!):<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2908692&#x2F;us-blocks-intel-from-selling-xeon-chips-to-chinese-supercomputer-projects.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2908692&#x2F;us-blocks-intel-from-...</a>