US chip-export ban throws wrench into China AI works

The development of China's artificial intelligence sector is expected to be slowed in the coming few years by the United States' new ban on exports of several high-end chips made by Nvidia and AMD, say Chinese IT experts. Nvidia said last Friday it had been informed by the US government that it must stop exporting its graphics processing unit (GPU) chips, namely A100 and H100, to China and Russia. It said its DGX, an AI server, was also barred from being shipped to China if a unit contained the two chips. At the same time, media reports said the US had also restricted sales of AMD's MI250 Accelerator AI chip to China. China's Foreign Ministry said the US had typically exerted its "sci-tech hegemony" and violated the rules of the market economy with its latest chip-export restrictions.