The effort of the United States is that the powerful chips used for artificial intelligence in data centers, whether government or corporate, and with them the development of artificial intelligence, will be concentrated in the US and friendly countries, which will be the only ones able to buy the mentioned type of chips.
A representative of the White House Security Council declined to comment on the Bloomberg report. A representative of the US Department of Commerce’s Office of Industry and Security did not respond to a request for comment. The restriction is based on age-old restrictions on the sale of powerful chips to China and Russia.
In the first group referred to as Tier 1, there are eighteen countries such as Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Ireland or Taiwan. In these countries, companies can buy an unlimited number of these chips and therefore easily develop artificial intelligence. They can also apply for permission to supply these chips to data centers in most countries of the world.
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Restrictions for post-communist countries
According to the map published by Bloomberg, the vast majority of countries, including the Czech Republic, fall into the Tier 2 group. This includes not only Eastern European countries, but also Middle Eastern and Latin American countries, including Mexico. They will be able to buy chips with limited power, but the limitation is not entirely clear and will be in two levels. EU countries will have a less strict limit. Even so, it is a matter of dividing the world according to the line from the time of the Iron Curtain.
The third category Tier 3 includes China, Macao and Russia and other countries on US or other sanctions lists, such as Belarus and Iran. It is forbidden to sell powerful chips needed for the development and use of artificial intelligence to these countries.
Nvidia is against it
Both chip manufacturer Nvidia and the group Semiconductor Industry Association objected to the plan. After Bloomberg published a report on the planned reduction in sales of super-performance chips, Nvidia’s shares fell by a percent.
“A rule restricting exports at the last moment would mean a fundamental shift that would not reduce the risk of abuse, but would threaten economic growth and the leading position of the US,” said Nvidia.
There is a lot of interest in American chips because they are more powerful and reliable than Chinese ones. This allows the USA to maintain a leading role in production and use it, for example, to apply American standards in developments.
The fact that the United States does not approach the EU uniformly was criticized by the European Commission. She expressed concern that the US will limit the export of advanced AI chips to selected member countries. “We believe that it is in the US economic and security interest for the EU to purchase advanced AI chips from the US without restrictions,” the Commission said.
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