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AMD, like Nvidia, tried to make a weaker chip for the Chinese market—but Washington says it's still too powerful
U.S. rules bar chipmakers like Nvidia and AMD from selling their best products to China—so they tried to develop weaker alternatives.
President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled an initial set of export controls in 2022 and strengthened them last October to include more technology and curb sales to intermediary nations that might undermine the ban. The tighter controls restricted the sale of a processor that leading AI chipmaker Nvidia Corp. had designed specifically for China — in compliance with the initial 2022 version of the export rules. Leading Chinese tech firms, including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Baidu Inc., have said they have stockpiled enough powerful chips from Nvidia—the types that are now subject to U.S. controls—to advance their chatbots’ capabilities for another year or two.
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