China blocks uses of Intel, AMD chips in government computers, FT reports

China has introduced new guidelines that will mean U.S. microprocessors from Intel (INTC) and AMD (AMD) are phased out of government PCs and servers, as Beijing ramps up a campaign to replace foreign technology with homegrown solutions, Financial Times’ Ryan McMorrow, Nian Liu and Qianer Liu report. The stricter government procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favor of domestic options.