US tightens AI-chip controls on China as Nvidia's market there collapses
Washington moved to close a loophole and enforce licences on advanced AI chips reaching Chinese-linked firms. Nvidia is now largely shut out of China — and critics argue the curbs mainly push China to build its own chips.
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Washington frames the new guidance as closing a dangerous loophole that let Nvidia's most advanced Blackwell chips reach Chinese companies through overseas subsidiaries, with Congress pressing Nvidia on compliance — to keep cutting-edge AI compute out of a strategic rival's hands.
Critics and industry voices counter that the controls have collapsed Nvidia's China share to near zero while pushing Chinese firms toward home-grown custom ASICs — hurting U.S. revenue and accelerating, rather than slowing, China's chip independence.