Two of America's top chipmakers have been ordered by US regulators to halt exports of some of their artificial intelligence (AI) technology to China.
In a regulatory filing, Nvidia said that it had been told by the US Department of Commerce that the requirement was due to a potential risk of the products being used by, or diverted to, a "military end-user".
The restrictions cover Nvidia's A100 and forthcoming H100 integrated circuits, and any systems that include them. The enforcement of this measure would threaten $400m (345m) worth of business for the company, according to the filing. AMD has also told CNN that the same restrictions have been applied to the company with regard to its shipments of MI250 integrated circuits to China.
“The US government has imposed a new license requirement, effective immediately, for any future export to China (including Hong Kong) and Russia of the Company’s A100 and forthcoming H100 integrated circuit...