Nvidia’s H20 AI chips may be spared from export controls — for now

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang The Trump seems to have been an agreement with the administration Avoid export restrictions on the organization’s H20 AI chips.

H2, the most advanced NVidia produced AI chip that can still be exported from the United States to China, was thanked for a Huang’s promise for investing in the new AI Data Center in the United States According to the NPRHuang made the proposal last week during a dinner at Trump’s Mar-E-Lago Resort.

Nvidia refused to comment.

Many in the semiconductor industry feared H -20, which changed for lower performances than other Nvidia chips, directed to restriction because they were one of the chips China-based dipsek trained his R1 Open AI ModelThe Published in January, the R 1 OpenAI made the title for its stronger performance compared to models of US-based AI labs, including OpenAI.

Senator of both sides of the Isle The H2 has called for restrictions onThe Even the Trump administration must have been preparing control of H20 exports earlier, NPR said.

Although it is not surprising that Trump agrees to shelv some potential chip restrictions in exchange for investment from Nvidia to invest in the United States, allowing Nvidia to continue H -20 in China, the goal of our domination in AI will be aimed at the administration of our domination.

This step is to be more surprised that the decision to decide the Trump administration AI chip export set Outgoing President Joe Biden is the rules introduced in January. These rules are at the limit of export of chip export to almost every country outside the United States, including the US allies, with strict restrictions on China and Russia.

Nvidia has called these guidelines “unprecedented and stray” and says that they can probably suppress global innovations.

In addition to the Nvidia, many AI agencies are leaning on Trump’s “America-First” method in BD to bias for the administration. $ 500 Billion US Data Center with OPENY Softbank and Oracle tied up for Initiative Dab Stargate project In January Microsoft has promised $ 80 billion To create AI data centers in the 2025 fiscal year, 50% marked in the United States

Trump has some partners in Strong 1-Armed to get his desired results. He Report Taiwan’s semiconductor agency told TSMC that the company would pay up to 100% tax if the company didn’t build new chip factories in the United States