Washington: The United States government has decided to prevent Nvidia from exporting its scaled-down artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China, expanding its restrictions on technology exports amid rising competition with Beijing. The decision reflects Washington’s determination to curb China’s access to advanced computing tools that could be used for military or strategic purposes.

Officials have reportedly informed Nvidia that its upcoming B30A AI chip cannot be sold to Chinese customers. Although the B30A was designed to comply with earlier export control rules, authorities concluded that even this limited version could be used to train large AI models if connected in clusters, posing a national security risk.

Nvidia had already shared samples of the chip with some clients in Chin

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