Nvidia chips banned from export to China
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The U.S. government prohibits the export of NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU to China or Chinese-owned companies, while the Trump administration allowed the export of weaker H200 chips but required them to be shipped through circuitous routes and claimed the U.S. could impose a 25% tariff. Chinese companies' mainstream open-source large models use NVIDIA chips restricted by the U.S. government for export to its largest geopolitical adversaries, new research points out. U.S. export controls are intended to protect the country’s leadership in AI capabilities against China, but Huang has long sought to open up that market.
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A new study reveals that mainstream open-source large models developed by Chinese companies use NVIDIA chips restricted by the U.S. government for export to its largest geopolitical adversaries. Widespread access to Blackwell GPUs by Chinese frontier labs shows the challenges faced by the chip design company.
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