China's ongoing ability to access advanced AI chips from the likes of NVIDIA and AMD has remained a hard-to-crack conundrum in Washington for quite some time now. …
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… US firm NVIDIA's products remain the highest-performance AI chips in the world and sanctions on advanced chip manufacturing technology have also limited China's ability to develop local chips capable of matching NVIDIA's products. …
… And for us to make a contribution and to offer something to Chinese market, we will have to compete, and we will have to continue to advance our technology. - NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang It appears that NVIDIA views China as a core part of its chip business, which is why Jensen emphasizes that Americ… …
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NVIDIA CEO has said that China should not have access to its most advanced AI chips, such as Blackwell or Rubin . …
… As US-China ties further ease, we can see the previously rumored Blackwell B30 GPUs start shipping to China once the Rubin generation arrives later this year. NVIDIA has, however, said that Blackwell and Rubin are the most advanced AI chips ever made , and they will not be sold to China. …
… China only has access to NVIDIA's H200 and the cut-down H20 chip. …
… A prime example of this is how recently, after the US lifted the ban on the H20 AI chips, China decided to hinder its access to domestic hyperscalers, through regulatory investigations and strict policies . …
