Wednesday, 16 April, 2025

Nvidia Faces $5.5 Billion Charge as U.S. Tightens AI Chip Export Restrictions to China

Nvidia is set to incur a $5.5 billion charge after the U.S. government imposed new export restrictions on its H20 AI chips to China, citing national security concerns. The H20, designed to comply with earlier U.S. regulations, has been popular among Chinese tech giants like Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance. Despite its reduced training capabilities, the chip's high-speed memory connectivity makes it valuable for inference tasks and potential supercomputing applications.