Rumors are swirling that the Chinese state is planning to pass legislation that will eventually block the use of AMD and Intel chips in the country’s mobile networks. Retaliatory trade embargos are hardly surprising, but if China is planning on using home-grown replacements, it will have to ensure there is sufficient time in that roadmap to play catch-up. It is inconsistent that Nvidia has not apparently been targeted, but this could be explained by a focus on x86 CPU offerings – rather than the GPUs that Nvidia specializes in. The country has a number of x86 options, but the reported 2027 deadline is somewhat optimistic. Zhaoxin, a Chinese CPU vendor, is generally thought to be capable of performance at least…