美国制裁涉前谷歌工程师林伟丁案的5家中国实体
偷谷歌 TPU 集群技术的案子出了后续，刑事判决轻了但制裁跟上，5家关联实体被拉黑。
美国财政部将前谷歌工程师 Linwei Ding（丁林伟）关联的5家中国实体列入制裁名单，其中包括其创业公司背后的投资方。Ding 于2023年创立上海智算科技，开发加速超算芯片上机器学习训练的软件，其被控窃取的核心资料涉及谷歌如何把数千块 TPU 和 GPU 芯片组成超算集群。审判中法官以证据不足推翻了全部7项经济间谍罪，最终保留7项盗窃罪，刑期12个月减1天。被制裁实体将面临资产冻结、禁止与美国人士交易等限制。
The US sanctioned 5 Chinese entities tied to ex-Google engineer Linwei Ding, including the investor behind his startup.
Ding founded Shanghai Zhisuan Technology in 2023 to build software that speeds up machine learning training on supercomputing chips.
He applied to MiraclePlus, a Beijing incubator, claiming Zhisuan could replicate Google’s AI infrastructure, and MiraclePlus then took equity for seed capital.
The stolen material centred on how Google turns thousands of TPU and GPU chips into supercomputers, which matters more in China because export controls make efficient use of scarce chips one of the hardest problems in training large models.
Ding marketed that knowledge directly: in a Shanghai talent programme application he said his product would give China computing power infrastructure on par with the international level, and he later told MiraclePlus investors Zhisuan could adapt Google’s technology to China’s national conditions.
The designated entities face asset freezes, bans on transactions with US persons, and limits on financial services and foreign exchange licences.
The criminal case shrank after trial, because the judge overturned all 7 economic espionage counts for lack of evidence that Ding knew his conduct would benefit the Chinese government, leaving 7 theft convictions and a sentence of 12 months minus 1 day.
