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title: "Chapter 7, the ecosystem beneath it, due 31 December 2027 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2027-16
description: "Chapter 7, the ecosystem beneath it: due 31 December 2027."
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# Chapter 7, the ecosystem beneath it

Due 31 December 2027

**The test.** Huawei’s Ascend shipments for 2027 at or below the 805,000 SemiAnalysis estimated for 2025 weaken the clause that denial, where durable, visible to buyers and backed by reported procurement mandates, accelerates the Chinese ecosystem.

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From *The AI Compute Race*. [Read the book](https://dryburgh.com/vol1#buy)

**Falls due:** 31 December 2027

**Read on:** SemiAnalysis’s estimate for 2027, published by 31 December 2027

**Chapter:** [Chapter 7 — The Double Blockade](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-7)Two governments deciding one trade: Washington’s export rules and Beijing’s instructions at the border, and what each did to the chip business it meant to shape.

## Filings that bear on it

- [Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, “Foreign-Produced Direct Product Rule Additions, and Refinements to Controls for Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items,” interim final rule, 89 FR 96790, Federal Register of 5 December 2024](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/filings/bis-hbm-rule-dec24)Commerce’s rule effective 2 December 2024 controlled exports of high-bandwidth memory above a bandwidth density every stack “currently in production” exceeds, with compliance not required until 31 December 2024.

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- Chapter notes [Chapter 7 — The Double Blockade](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-7)

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