US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
The US Department of Commerce on Sunday moved to close a year-old potential loophole it had created that may have led companies to export โthe worldโs most advanced chips โ such as Nvidiaโs most sophisticated Rubin and Blackwell processors, as well as AMDโs MI350x โ to Chinese entities located outside China. The unexpected guidance suggests the United Statesโ best artificial intelligence chips may have been making their way to the subsidiaries of Chinese AI firms based in places such as Malaysia...