Report: Allegations of Trump Pressuring Official for Huawei’s Benefit
23 April 2025 · Uncategorized ·
On April 15th local time, Nvidia announced that the U.S. government informed them on April 9th of a requirement for an export license to China regarding its H20 chip. This represents a significant development as it is the first instance of strict controls specifically targeting AI chips destined for mainland China.
Further details indicate that Intel has notified Chinese clients that, starting in April 2025, any chip meeting specific performance criteria will require a U.S. government license before exportation. These criteria include total DRAM bandwidth of at least 1400 GB per second or input/output (I/O) bandwidth exceeding 1100 GB/s.
Huang Runcheng, CEO of Nvidia and invited to Beijing by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, likely faces considerable challenges as a result. Since last summer, influential U.S. congressmen have pressured the Commerce Department to add H20 to export control lists designed to restrict Chinese access to advanced technology.
The emergence of DeepSeek late last year underscored the need for stricter controls on AI chips exported to China due to its ability to achieve high-quality AI inference through a combination of local deployments, including Nvidia's A800 and H20. Huang Runcheng reportedly attended an event at Mar-a-Lago where he met with Trump.
Speculation arose that this meeting resulted in negotiations regarding the potential lifting of export restrictions on the H20 chip in exchange for investments by Nvidia into U.S. manufacturing facilities. However, sources revealed that Nvidia did not proactively warn its Chinese clients about these impending changes until after they were publicly announced.
The article concludes with an analysis of Huawei's Ascend 910C and how it is positioned to benefit from increased scrutiny surrounding foreign AI chips entering China.
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Further details indicate that Intel has notified Chinese clients that, starting in April 2025, any chip meeting specific performance criteria will require a U.S. government license before exportation. These criteria include total DRAM bandwidth of at least 1400 GB per second or input/output (I/O) bandwidth exceeding 1100 GB/s.
Huang Runcheng, CEO of Nvidia and invited to Beijing by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, likely faces considerable challenges as a result. Since last summer, influential U.S. congressmen have pressured the Commerce Department to add H20 to export control lists designed to restrict Chinese access to advanced technology.
The emergence of DeepSeek late last year underscored the need for stricter controls on AI chips exported to China due to its ability to achieve high-quality AI inference through a combination of local deployments, including Nvidia's A800 and H20. Huang Runcheng reportedly attended an event at Mar-a-Lago where he met with Trump.
Speculation arose that this meeting resulted in negotiations regarding the potential lifting of export restrictions on the H20 chip in exchange for investments by Nvidia into U.S. manufacturing facilities. However, sources revealed that Nvidia did not proactively warn its Chinese clients about these impending changes until after they were publicly announced.
The article concludes with an analysis of Huawei's Ascend 910C and how it is positioned to benefit from increased scrutiny surrounding foreign AI chips entering China.
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