The Architecture of Control: How Washington Learned to Govern Compute
Export controls used to be about tanks and missiles. Now they are about training runs. The United States has decided that access to advanced computing is a strategic chokepoint it intends to hold, and it has built a sprawling regulatory machine to do it. The result is not a wall but a valve: compute still flows, but Washington sets the pressure. If you build, sell, or deploy accelerators anywhere on earth, these rules now shape your options. Understanding them is no longer a legal specialty. It is table stakes for anyone who touches the compute market.
Knowledge check
Which U.S. agency writes and enforces the core rules governing exports of advanced computing chips?
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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), part of the Department of Commerce, which administers the Export Administration Regulations.