U.S. said to bar Nvidia’s pared-back AI chips from Chinese buyers, The Information reports

The White House has told federal agencies it won’t allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down AI processor, the B30A, to China, according to The Information. Nvidia had sampled the chip to Chinese customers; the part can train large language models when deployed in large clusters. The company said China contributes no share to its data-center compute business and isn’t in its guidance, but it is reworking the B30A’s design in hopes of winning approval. Beijing, meanwhile, has directed state-funded data centers to use only homegrown chips—requiring those less than 30% complete to strip out foreign parts—tightening a vise on Nvidia from both sides of the Pacific and underscoring the deepening U.S.-China technology split.

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