A view of a Nvidia logo at their headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan May 31, 2023.
U.S. officials asked for input in devising a "tamperproof" way to keep systems that might contain up to 256 AI chips from being strung together into a supercomputer.
The other primary gift that U.S. officials gave Nvidia, Intel and AMD was hobbling their most capable Chinese competitors.
New rules will make it nearly impossible for Moore Threads and Biren, two well-funded Chinese startups founded by Nvidia veterans, to have their designs manufactured using cutting-edge chipmaking technology.
That means whatever Nvidia is able to sell to China will likely be Chinese buyers' best legal option.
Persons:
Ann Wang, ChatGPT, Thomas Krueger, They're, Moore, Piper Sandler, Dan Hutcheson, Japan's, Clete Willems, Akin Gump, Gregory Allen, David Kanter, Stephen Nellis, Max A, Kenneth Li, Jamie Freed
Organizations:
REUTERS, FRANCISCO, Biden, Nvidia, Intel, Devices, U.S . Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S . National Security Council, BIS, AMD, Japan's Nikon, U.S, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Real, Thomson
Locations:
Taipei, Taiwan, China, U.S, Netherlands, Japan, San Francisco