Chipmaker Nvidia plans to sell alternative versions of its A100 chip in China in a bid to comply with export restrictions set by the United States, a decision some experts see as a repackaging effort.
On Aug. 26, the U.S. government informed Nvidia that its data center chip A100 was added to the export control list issued by the Department of Commerce. As a result, the company was prohibited from selling the A100 to Chinese customers without securing approval from Washington. The A100 chips enable artificial intelligence (AI) developers to speed up research and allow them to develop more advanced AI models….