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The United States intends to remove a rule set up by the Biden administration which aimed to limit exports of artificial intelligence fleas and threatened to weigh on sales of semiconductor groups such as NVIDIA and AMD.
An American official said on Wednesday that the planned regulations, which was to take effect on May 15, was full of administrative formalities which made him “inapplicable”. Instead, the Trump administration intends to revise the rule.
Washington's decision is taking place while the new administration adopts a more indulgent approach to AI regulation and other advanced technologies at the national level and supports the rise of Chinese companies in the sector.
Changes in the rule, known as the framework for the dissemination of artificial intelligence, would represent relief for Nvidia. The chip plant would otherwise be subject to limits of the amount of AI equipment that it could sell in countries like India, Switzerland and Singapore.
The company benefited from sustained and frantic demand for its graphic processing units, which propelled it to one of the most precious companies in the world in just a few years.
Instead of enabling controls of the Biden era to take effect during a week, the official said that the Trump administration would write a rule that would guarantee that American technology have prospered without allowing American opponents to access technology. The official warned that the rule would not be imminent and would take some time to set up.
Export controls, introduced in the last days of the presidency of Joe Biden, created a three -level license system for AI chips Used in data centers, such as the powerful GPUs of Nvidia.
They aimed to make Chinese companies more difficult to bypass American exports by accessing it via third countries, in a climate of geopolitical rivalry on infrastructure that feeds artificial intelligence.
The planned legislation imposed a ceiling on the export volumes of fleas for all except a small number of countries, which include the members of the G7 and Taiwan. Over 100 countries have fallen into this “average” level.
The EU, the NVIDIA and the broader flea and technology industry criticized the rules, which underwent a period of feedback from the industry.
The rules, they said, would give rather An advantage for Chinese competitors Like Huawei as they have developed and sold their own AI equipment, which has given up an opportunity to ensure that a large part of the world is based on American technology.
Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comments. The company's shares closed 3% more Wednesday following the news, while AMD added 1.8%.
The most powerful chips of Nvidia are already prohibited from export to China following successive restrictions based on performance within the framework of the Biden administration.
The Trump administration last month has introduced new license requirements for less powerful fleas specially designed for the Chinese market by NVIDIA and AMD to comply with export controls.
Nvidia said the ban on her H20 chips resulted in a $ 5.5 billion for its income.
Wider National Security Review In the potential prices of new semiconductors is also underway, following a temporary exemption from the most extreme “reciprocal” tasks on American trade partners.
Nvidia is expected to announce its first quarter results on May 28.
Additional Rafe Uddin reports in San Francisco
