Photo illustration of Nvidia’s H20 chip.
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Chip giant Nvidia Driven Sunday in response to the allegations of Chinese state media that its H20 artificial intelligence chips represent a risk of national security for China.
Earlier in the day, Reuters reported that Yuyuan Tantian, an account affiliated with the Chinese state diffuser CCTV, said in an article published on WeChat that Nvidia H20 fleas are not technologically advanced or environmentally friendly.
“When a type of chip is neither environmentally friendly, advanced nor safe, as consumers, we certainly have the possibility of not buying it”, according to the article Yuyuan Tantian, adding that the article said that fleas could reach functions, in particular “remote stop” via “destroyed” equipment.
In response, a spokesperson for Nvidia told CNBC that “cybersecurity is of crucial importance for us. Nvidia has no” waste “in our chips that would give anyone a distant way to access or control them.”
NVIDIA also rejected Chinese accusations on Tuesday according to which its chips AI includes a hardware function which could deactivate the fleas remotely, also known as “killing switch”.
Tensions between the United States and China on semiconductor export controls have increased in recent weeks, even after Nvidia has resumed sales of its h20 chinese. The Chinese state media designed the H20 chip as lower and dangerous compared to the other chips of Nvidia, while the company defended its tokens.
The resumption by the company of its H20 shipments reversed a previous ban on H20 sales which was placed in April by the Trump administration. NVIDIA H20 fleas – a less advanced semiconductor compared to its H100 and B100 flagship chips, for example – were developed by NVIDIA for the Chinese market after initial export restrictions on advanced AI chips at the end of 2023.
American export controls on certain NVIDIA chips are rooted in national security problems that Beijing could use the most advanced fleas to obtain an advantage largely in AI, as well as in its military applications.
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Chinese officials, on the other hand, put pressure on the United States to facilitate export controls on high-band memory fleas within the framework of a trade agreement before a possible summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing familiar people with the case.
Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, supported Trump’s policies while putting pressure on export licenses for the AI H20 chip. Huang said he wanted Nvidia to send more advanced chips in China, highlighting his frank position that Nvidia chips become the world standard for AI IT is ultimately better for the United States to maintain domination and market influence on AI global development.
China is among the largest NVIDIA markets. Nvidia took a $ 4.5 billion in its H20 inventory not sold in May and warned that its high -level advice for the July quarter would have been higher by $ 8 billion without flea export restrictions.
NVIDIA shares increased by 1% to end $ 182.70 on Friday and increased by 36% this year.
