Regulators in the United States have asked Nvidia to curb exports of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to “some Middle East countries,” according to its latest quarterly report.
In the report released on Aug. 28, the company said the new regulations affect its A100 and H100 chips, which help enhance the speed of machine-learning tasks. Nvidia did not specify what countries in the Middle East are impacted.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a direct competitor of Nvidia, was also given a letter by U.S. regulators requesting the same ban on high-level AI chip exports to some Middle Eastern countries, according to a Reuters report.
The quarterly report from Nvidia states that the new regulatory filing would not have an “immediate material impact” on its business, nor does it make up a “meaningful portion” of its revenue.
However, in a separate statement, it said it is working with the U.S. government to address the matter.
The quarterly report did mention the ongoing AI chip export regulations the U.S. government has placed on China.
Nvidia said that past restrictions have still allowed them to sell alternative products in China, including their less powerful A800 or H800 chips.
However, the company warned that long-term results could be “harmed” if it is “effectively excluded from all or part of China.” Of its $13.5 billion in sales from the recent fiscal quarter ending on July 30, the majority came from the U.S., China and Taiwan, and about 13.9% came from other countries combined.
Initial export controls were implemented in October 2022 by the Biden administration in an effort to isolate China from powerful semiconductor chips.
On June 29, officials in Washington said they are considering tightening restrictions on AI chip exports to China even further and limiting the computing power of chips to stunt the flow of chip availability in the Chinese market.
In response to the measures taken by the U.S., the Chinese government said it will control the export of gallium and germanium products, which are primary components to produce AI chips.
AI-related regulations and restrictions coming from the U.S. have caused other countries to consider their own position in the race to develop powerful systems.
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Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield has resigned from the Labour Party.
The 53-year-old MP is the first to jump ship since the general election and in her resignation letter criticised the prime minister for accepting thousands of pounds worth of gifts.
She told Sir Keir Starmer the reason for leaving now is “the programme of policies you seem determined to stick to”, despite their unpopularity with the electorate and MPs.
In her letter she accused the prime minister and his top team of “sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice” which are “off the scale”.
“I’m so ashamed of what you and your inner circle have done to tarnish and humiliate our once proud party,” she said.
Since December 2019, the prime minister received £107,145 in gifts, benefits, and hospitality – a specific category in parliament’s register of MPs’ interests.
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Ms Duffield, who has previously clashed with the prime minister on gender issues, attacked the government for pursuing “cruel and unnecessary” policies as she resigned the Labour whip.
She criticised the decision to keep the two-child benefit cap and means-test the winter fuel payment, and accused the prime minister of “hypocrisy” over his acceptance of free gifts from donors.
“Since the change of government in July, the revelations of hypocrisy have been staggering and increasingly outrageous,” she said.
“I cannot put into words how angry I and my colleagues are at your total lack of understanding about how you have made us all appear.”
Ms Duffield also mentioned the recent “treatment of Diane Abbott”, who said she thought she had been barred from standing by Labour ahead of the general election, before Sir Keir said she would be allowed to defend her Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat for the party.
Her relationship with the Labour leadership has long been strained and her decision to quit the party comes after seven other Labour MPs were suspended for rebelling by voting for a motion calling for the two-child benefit cap to be abolished.
“Someone with far-above-average wealth choosing to keep the Conservatives’ two-child limit to benefit payments which entrenches children in poverty, while inexplicably accepting expensive personal gifts of designer suits and glasses costing more than most of those people can grasp – this is entirely undeserving of holding the title of Labour prime minister,” she said.
Ms Duffield said she will continue to represent her constituents as an independent MP, “guided by my core Labour values”.