US mulls new export restriction on computing power in AI chips

U.S. officials are considering tightening an export control rule designed to slow the flow of artificial intelligence chips to China by clamping down on the amount of computing power the chips can have, according to two people familiar with the matter.The Biden administration last October issued a sweepin

The H800 chip that Nvidia created for the Chinese market, for example, has as much computing power at some settings used in AI work as the company’s chip for the rest of the world, but its chip-to-chip speeds are limited, according to a specification sheet seen by Reuters. Previously, AMD have said the rules will not have an impact on its financial results.

Via: channelnewsasia.com