A filing by Nvidia, Reuters writes, would indicate that the U.S. government has imposed new export restrictions on the chip and AI giant’s high-performance AI processors in writing. These include the Nvidia A100 and H100 processors that are especially well-suited for machine learning tasks. The restrictions now also apply to a number of unspecified countries in the Middle East.

According to sources, chip maker AMD has also received a similar written notice to stop exporting its high-end AI processors to Middle Eastern countries. This manufacturer also recently had to stop exporting its AMD MI250 AI processors to China.

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Nvidia announced in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission on Wednesday evening that Chinese customers would be barred from buying its “A100 and forthcoming H100 integrated circuits” and that the company could lose up to $400 million in sales of those high-end chips. Nvidia’s A100 chipset powers data centers used for A.I., data analytics, and high performance computing. The U.S. government told Nvidia that the new ban would help ensure that Nvidia’s products are not “used in” or “diverted to” Russian or Chinese military equipment, the filing says. Nvidia said its Chinese customers could apply to the U.S. government for exemptions from the restrictions, but noted that it has received no “assurances” that the government would issue any.

AMD, meanwhile, said the U.S. government ordered it to stop sending its top A.I. chip, the MI250 chip that’s used in data centers for high performance computing, to China but said the new restrictions will not block shipments of its MI100 chip to China. AMD does not expect the new restrictions to have a material impact on its business, according to Reuters. (Nvidia and AMD did not immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment on the U.S.’s new restrictions.)

Source: https://fortune.com/2022/09/01/nvidia-amd-chip-sales-ai-china-russia-military/

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