The Biden administration is contemplating new export controls on chips for artificial intelligence, as Washington increases its efforts to make it harder for China to obtain technology with military applications.
The US commerce department is preparing to update sweeping export controls introduced last October in ways that could make it harder for companies such as Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices to sell advanced chips to China, according to three people familiar with the situation.
The move would have a significant impact on Nvidia, which responded to the October 7 controls by designing new graphics processing unit chips called the A800 and H800 to replace more advanced chips that were restricted under the new rules.
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