Nvidia faces license requirement as US restricts H20 chip sales to China
( April 16, 2025, 03:49 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Nvidia said in a US SEC filing that the US government informed it on April 9 that the H20 chip would require a license to be exported to China and on April 14 told Nvidia those rules would be in place indefinitely. The US government indicated that the license requirement addresses the risk that the covered products may be used in, or diverted to, a supercomputer in China, the company’s filing said. Last December, the company was placed under a probe by China’s market regulator over suspected violations of the country's Antimonopoly Law and the regulator's decision to conditionally approve the US chipmaker's acquisition of Mellanox. The statement is attached. ...
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