Semiconductor giant NVIDIA faces unexpected new export controls on its H20 chip.
In submission on TuesdayNVIDIA said the U.S. government will need permission to export its H20 AI chips to China. According to the document, this license will be required indefinitely – the U.S. government points out “risk” [H20] Available […] Chinese supercomputers. ”
NVIDIA expects $5.5 billion in related expenses in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 ending on April 27. The company’s shares fell about 6% in long-term trading.
The H20 is based on current and previous export rules in the United States, and the most advanced AI chip NVIDIA can be exported to China. last week, NPR Report CEO Jensen Huang may have say During the dinner at President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Resort, the new H20 restrictions are involved, in part because NVIDIA will invest in AI data centers in the U.S.
Maybe not that Singh, nvidia Announced on Monday It will spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next four years to make some AI chips in the United States expert It was soon pointed out that the company’s commitment was introduced in detail.
Several government officials have been calling for stronger export controls for the H20 as the chip is allegedly used to train models from China’s AI Startup DeepSeek, which includes the R1 “inference” model, which put a cycle into the U.S. AI market in January.
Nvidia declined to comment.
