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Upholding export controls on semiconducting material chips made in the U.S. may be heavy than Washington , D.C. call up .
Taiwanese buyers are get their hands on computing systems with Nvidia ’s Blackwell chips through third - company traders locate in other region , The Wall Street Journalreported .
buyer in Malaysia , Taiwan , and Vietnam are buying these resources for their own use of goods and services and resell a portion to companies in China , the Journal added .
Just a week before leaving office , former President Joe Biden introducedsweeping new chip exportation restrictionsthat further limited several countries , one of which is China , from being able to import chips made for AI in the U.S. At the time , Nvidia said the restrictions would “ derail ” globose innovation .
Last week , Microsoft reportedly urgedPresident Donald Trump to alleviate these restrictions as big technical school companies want to wiretap China ’s sprawling AI grocery . Meanwhile , Chinarecently urged its AI researchersto avoid visiting the U.S.
When reached , an Nvidia spokesperson provided the following remark : “ AI datacenters are among the most complex system in the populace . Anonymous traders can not acquire , deliver , install , expend , and maintain Blackwell products in unauthorised land . Customers want system with software program , services , support , and upgrades- none of which anon. traders arrogate to own Blackwell systems can render . We will continue to investigate every reputation of potential digression and take appropriate activity . ”
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