China summons chip giant Nvidia over alleged security risks
Chinese authorities called Nvidia representatives on Thursday to discuss some artificial safety problems “about some artificial intelligence chips, as the US technology giant found it involved in trade tensions between Beijing and Washington.
NVIDIA is a manufacturer of AI semiconductors in the world, but effectively restricts which chips can export to China for national security reasons.
An important issue was access to “H20”, a less powerful version of NVIDIA’s AI processing units.
California -based company, Washington’un exports stopping the bachelor’s pavements after promising to remove the H20 this month will continue to sell H20, he said.
However, the company still faced obstacles to the NVIDIA and other advanced AI chips manufacturers to include settled positions, to include their ability to monitor location.
And Beijing’s best internet editor said on Thursday that he called Nvidia representatives to discuss the recently discovered “serious security problems” containing H20.
China’s cyber space management, Nvidia’dan “H20 sold to China H20 chips and the background to explain the security risks and relevant supporting materials,” he said.
The statement published on social media, according to US experts, said that the location monitoring and remote closure technologies for NVIDIA chips “already mature”, he said.
The announcement pointed out the latest complication of selling NVIDIA’s advanced products in the Chinese market, where it is increasingly in a more violent competition with the host technology companies.
– Nvidia commitment –
CEO Jensen Huang said that this month was closely watched to Beijing, his company was determined to serve local customers.
Huang said that during the trip, the country was “open and stable”.
“They want to know that Nvidia continues to invest here and that we are still doing our best to serve the market here.” He said.
This month, Nvidia was the first company to reach 4 trillion dollars, a new milestone, a new milestone that AI will transform the global economy on Wall Street’s bet.
Jost Wubbeke of Sinolithics Consultancy, AFP’ye China’s Nvidia movement to call the movement of “US companies in the context of the US-Chinese tensions is not surprising in terms of being a common tool,” he said.
“Surprising timing,” he said, after accepting more negotiations to expand the trade ceasefire.
