China’s Internet regulator tells Chinese tech companies to stop buying Nvidia AI chips – report
Companies told to cancel orders of RTX Pro 6000D GPUs
Companies told to cancel orders of RTX Pro 6000D GPUs
Chip-giant failed to comply with acquisition provisions, regulator rules
The China-made chip is currently being tested by the company
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he hopeful the issues will be resolved
As White House official says government is not looking for equity share in TSMC or Micron
The chip would offer around half the compute power of Nvidia’s B300 GPU
Trackers have been attached to shipments of Dell and Supermicro servers, sources claim
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Trump to negotiate the figure down to 15 percent
Meeting is expected to take place at the White House today
Deal was struck by the parties last week
Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton wrote to Intel’s board to “express concern” about CEO’s reported “deep ties to the Chinese Communists”
Billions of dollars of chips orders at stake as a result of the inaction
But lawmakers still unhappy with the decision to grant export licenses to China
Violations occurred between 2015 and 2021, Department of Commerce claims
Comes as US lawmakers criticize move to grant export licenses
Follows news that Nvidia will be allowed to export its H20 chips to China
Reversal follows meeting between President Trump and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Draft rule first step to replace the scrapped Biden-era AI Diffusion Rule
Deal is thought to cover rare earth minerals and export controls
A total of 601 new entities were added to the list over the weekend
Cadence and Siemens also told to stop supplying technology to Chinese customers
Comes after US government imposed further restrictions on chipmaker’s H20 chips
Company is also looking to test its upcoming Ascend 910D chips
Chip launch follows additional US export restrictions on Nvidia H20 GPUs to China