What’s a supercomputer? How the U.S. will decide who to punish with China tech curbs

Oct 7 (Reuters) – Deciding who gets hurt by sweeping new U.S. curbs on selling technology to China will come down in part to what constitutes a “supercomputer,” experts told Reuters. Around the world, the semiconductor industry on Friday began to wrestle with wide-ranging U.S. restrictions on selling chips and chip manufacturing equipment to China. Shares of chip equipment makers drooped, but industry experts said a new U.S. definition of a supercomputer could be pivotal to the new rules’ impact on China. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Supercomputers can be used in developing nuclear weapons and…