Nvidia, AMD may sell high-end AI chips to China if they pay US a cut
Het AI-chiprace-verhaal ging vroeger over de Amerikaanse nationale veiligheid, maar blijkbaar gaat het nu over tarieven: Nvidia en AMD hebben ermee ingestemd om de Amerikaanse overheid 15% van de inkomsten te betalen die ze verdienen met de verkoop van hoogwaardige AI-chips aan China in ruil voor licenties om die chips in het land te verkopen, de Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times, The Financial Times reportedWith reference to anonymous sources.
According to the Public source of the FT, NVIDIA will share income of the sale of its H20 AI chips in China, and AMD would share a reduction in the MI308 chip sale. The government also started issuing licenses for the sale of the chips of the two companies, according to the report.
The Trump administration in April had limited the sale of certain powerful AI-inference chips to China, but paused the ban a few months later, then Nvidia promised To earn up to $ 500 billion in data center investments, Stateside. In July the company said it would resume the sale of its H20 AI chips to China, which had specifically designed it for sale in the country after restrictions by the BIDEN administration.
“We follow rules that the US government sets for our participation in worldwide markets,” said a Nvidia spokesperson in an e -mail statement. “Although we have not sent H20 to China for months, we hope that export controls will make rules compete in China and worldwide.”
According to the American trade secretary Howard Lutnick, the change of NVIDIA course was related to trade discussions with China with regard to rare earthly elements that are necessary for making components, such as rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles.
The decision of the administration to approve the sale of Nvidia’s H20 chips has its critics: national security experts and former government officials written For Lutnick last month and urges the government to turn the course.
Note: This story has been updated to add a statement from Nvidia.
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