Section 07 · Section
Compute, Infrastructure and Technological Sovereignty
الحوسبة والبنية التحتية والسيادة التقنية
This chapter treats the physical and institutional layer on which AI rests: chips, cloud, networks and energy, together with the governance, sovereignty and investment that surround them. It differs from Chapter 13, which analyses political-economic dimensions and geopolitical competition, and from Chapter 8, which covers operating systems on top of this infrastructure.
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الفروع| Code | Branch | Scope | Entries |
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| 7.1 | Chips, Accelerators and Semiconductors | Hardware dedicated to intelligent computing: graphics processing units and specialized accelerators, memory architecture, and the semiconductor industry from design to fabrication | 0 |
| 7.2 | Cloud, Data Centers and AI Factories | Large-scale computing facilities: public and private cloud, data centres and AI factories, their design and operation, and the provision of compute as a service | 0 |
| 7.3 | Edge, On-Device and Embedded AI | Running models near the user or inside the device: edge computing, compressed models, systems embedded in phones, vehicles and industrial equipment, and power and memory constraints | 0 |
| 7.4 | Networking, Interconnect and Data Transfer | Interconnection between accelerators, nodes and facilities: high-speed networks, optical interconnect technologies, transport protocols, communication cables, latency and bandwidth | 0 |
| 7.5 | Decentralized Computing and Alternative Architectures | Distributing computation beyond central facilities: volunteer computing, open compute networks, training distributed across remote sites, and blockchain-based architectures | 0 |
| 7.6 | Unconventional Computing: Quantum and Neuromorphic | Computing that goes beyond the conventional digital model: quantum computing, photonic and neuromorphic computing, in-memory processing, and their promises and limits in serving AI | 0 |
| 7.7 | Compute Governance, Export Controls and Access to Compute | Regulatory instruments tied to compute capacity: export controls, compute-reporting thresholds, access licences, and programmes that open compute to researchers | 0 |
| 7.8 | Sovereignty over Compute and Data | The capacity of a state or community to control its own compute and data: data localization, sovereign clouds, hosting conditions, and independence of infrastructure from external suppliers | 0 |
| 7.9 | Energy, Water, Cooling, Carbon and E-Waste | The environmental cost of compute infrastructure: energy and water consumption, cooling systems, carbon footprint, electronic waste and efficiency of use | 0 |
| 7.10 | Sovereign Investment and Compute Infrastructure | Financing compute from the state's perspective: investment funds, partnerships with the private sector, national capacity planning, and models of ownership and operation | 0 |