BEIJING – The Chinese government called on Washington to repeal its technology export curbs after California-based chip designer Nvidia said a new product might be delayed and some work might be moved out of China.
The latest controls add to mounting US-Chinese tension over technology and security. American officials say they need to limit the spread of technology that can be used to make weapons, AP reported.
Nvidia said it was told last week it needs a US government license to export any product with performance equal to its A100 graphics processing chips or better to China, Hong Kong or Russia. It said buyers of the A100, and development of the newer H100, might be affected.
But in an amended disclosure to US securities regulators, the company said the US government was offering some reprieve by authorizing certain chip exports that will enable Nvidia to keep supplying them to American customers through March.
The high-end chips are designed to help power data centers and run artificial intelligence applications. The restrictions don’t affect Nvidia’s better-known products used in video games and automotive technology.
Another US chipmaker, Advanced Micro Devices, said Friday it had also received new licensing requirements from the US Department of Commerce blocking the shipment of some of its high-end graphics processors to China and Russia. But AMD said it was unlikely to cause product-development delays or have a material impact on its business.
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