Deepseek Nvidia Chip Questions: Singapore answers

Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said in a statement on Saturday that US companies expect to comply with US export control and local laws, following questions about chips used by China Deepeek to create its AI model.

The markets were shaken This week after Deepseek claims the big language model superior to openai But it is worth a part of the cost of training. However, questions were raised about the origin of semiconductors used to build R1 on Deepseek on R1 Reasoning Given the US restrictions on the export of advanced AI chips to China.

Bloomberg on Friday reported The fact that US officials are investigating whether Deepseek has bought advanced semiconductors from the NVIDIA chipmaker through third countries in Singapore.

Nvidia spokesman told CNBC On Monday, the chips used by Deepseek were fully compatible with exports. Deepseek was not immediately available for comment when he contacts CNBC.

“We expect US companies, such as NVIDIA, to comply with US export control and our domestic legislation. Our customs and law enforcement agencies will continue to work closely with their US counterparts,” the statement said.

“We have always maintained the rule of law and have acted decisively and firmly against individuals and companies that bear the rules.”

It Third quarter results Posted in November, Nvidia said Singapore represents almost 22% of its revenue, but added that: “Most supplies related to Singapore revenue are for places other than Singapore and supplies to Singapore are insignificant.”

MTI quoted NVIDIA’s comments in his Saturday statement and said the chipmatator said there was no reason to believe that Depepeek had received some products controlled by export by Singapore.

“Singapore is an international business center. Main American and European companies have significant operations here.

– Ryan Brown from CNBC has contributed to this report.