Nvidia H20 chip exports hit with license requirement by US government

Semiconductor giant Nvidia is facing an unexpected new export control at its H20 chips.

A filing TuesdayNvidia has said that the US government has reported that its H20 AI chips will need licenses to export China. This license will be needed indefinitely, according to the filing – the US government “has taken the risk of risk [H20] Can be used […] A super computer in China. “

Nvidia has expected $ 5.5 billion in charge of its Q1 2026 fiscal year, which ends April 2 April. The company’s stock was about % decreased in the area of ​​stock.

H20 is the most advanced AI chip nvidia can export to China according to the current and previous export rules of the United States. Last week, NPR Reported that CEO Jensen Huang could have Talked on his way President Donald Trump promises to invest in AI Data Centers in the United States in some parts of the new H20 restrictions at Mar-A-Lago Resort

Perhaps not so much, Nvidia Announcement on Monday It produces some AI chip in the US will spend several million dollars in the next four years Scholar It was early to mention that the company’s promise was light about the details.

Multiple government officials called for a strong export control at H -20 because the chip was used to train the Chinese -based AI Startup DEPSEC model, which includes R1 “logic” model that dropped for a loop in the United States in January.

Nvidia refused to comment.