Nvidia Blackwell Chips Reach China Despite US Export Controls
Report reveals Chinese buyers acquiring Nvidia's Blackwell AI chips via third-party resellers, bypassing US export restrictions.
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Nvidia Blackwell Chips Reach China Despite US Export Controls
Chinese buyers are getting Nvidia Blackwell chips despite US export controls Image Credits:Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto / Getty Images Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. may be harder than Washington, D.C. thinks. Chinese buyers are getting their hands on computing systems with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips through third-party traders located in other regions, The Wall Street Journal reported. Buyers in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam are buying these resources for their own use and reselling a portion to companies in China, the Journal added. Just a week before leaving office, former President Joe Biden introduced sweeping new chip export restrictions that 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” global innovation. Last week, Microsoft reportedly urged President Donald Trump to ease these restrictions as big tech companies want to tap China’s sp…
