Nvidia to release special chip for China, subverts US export controls
The semiconductor chip developer Nvidia has launched a new China-focused chip that allows it access to the local market while still complying with export controls from the U.S.
Nvidia, one of the world’s most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) chip manufacturers, launched a new gaming chip on Dec. 28 aimed specifically at the Chinese market.
According to a report from Reuters, Nvidia’s new advanced gaming chip offers its clients in China a “quantum leap in performance, efficiency and artificial intelligence-driven graphics” while still complying with export controls imposed by the United States government.
This is Nvidia’s first China-focused chip since the introduction of export controls on chips to China imposed by the Biden Administration in October 2022. Since their initial enforcement, the U.S. government has tightened controls on multiple occasions.
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