US microchip export restrictions imposed last year to freeze the development of China’s supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT have had minimal impact on China’s tech sector. do not have.
The rule restricted shipments of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices chips that have become the global tech industry standard for developing chatbots and other AI systems.
However, Nvidia has created a variant of the chip for the Chinese market that has been slowed down to match US regulations. Industry experts told Reuters that the latest Nvidia H800, announced in March, will likely take 10% to 30% longer to perform some AI tasks, compared to Nvidia’s fastest US-made chips. He said it could double the cost.
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