The debate about whether AI chipmakers should be allowed to sell their products to China. The US government has allegedly allowed Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to sell, but for a large catch: 15 % sales. The first news was reported Financial TimesFor, for, for,. Which cited several people familiar with the deal.
In July, NVIDIA announced that the US government would approve export licenses to sell its H20 AI GPUs after stopping their sales in April. In response to sanctions on sales to China, NVIDIA developed these specific chips – which are less powerful than those sold in the United States. Earlier, he prepared A800 and H800 chips for the Chinese market, but they were also banned.
Now, after the government agreed to give 15 % of its profit, both NVIDIA and AMP were allegedly given export licenses for China. AMP will provide part from the sale of its MI308 chip.
There is a particular debate about selling AI chips to China whether US will endanger national security. At the end of July, 20 national security experts and former government officials – including President Trump’s former deputy national security adviser, wrote a letter to the US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lotank, called more.
Signatures “believe that the move represents a strategic memory that endangers the United States economic and military edge in artificial intelligence.” They are concerned that this will limit the number of chips available to the United States and will be used by the Chinese military, among other concerns. NVIDIA disagrees, claiming that export licenses will be able to counter Chinese businesses.
