The chipmaker has revealed that certain types of its artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors now require licensing agreements to be sold in certain countries of the Middle East, but did not specify which. 

The semiconductors developed by Nvidia power technologies including ChatGPT and other generative AI tools. For this reason, the US has aimed to limit China’s access to the technology, claiming national security concerns. 

“During the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, the US government informed us of an additional licensing requirement for a subset of A100 and H100 products destined to certain customers and other regions, including some countries in the Middle East,” the company said in a statement.

Nvidia added that the controls, which affect its A100 and H100 chips, would not have an “immediate material impact” on the company’s results and stressed the company is “working with the US government to address this matter”.

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