Nvidia will provide China with a replacement chip A800 that complies with new export control regulations!

According to Reuters, U.S. chip maker Nvidia said a few days ago that it will provide a new advanced chip, the A800, in China that complies with new U.S. export control regulations and can replace the A100 that is restricted from exporting by the new regulations.

This is the first time a U.S. semiconductor company has publicly disclosed the efforts and achievements made by a U.S. semiconductor company to manufacture advanced processors for China in compliance with new U.S. export control regulations. In August, Nvidia's data center chip A100 was included in the export control list. An Nvidia spokesperson said in a statement that the A800 is an alternative to Nvidia’s A100 GPU for Chinese customers and meets clear testing of new U.S. regulations.

A reseller website in China details the chip specifications of the Nvidia A800. A comparison of chip performance with the A100 shows that the A800's chip data transfer rate is 400 GB per second, lower than the 600 GB per second of the previous generation, and the new US export control regulations limit the rate to 600 GB per second and above. Currently, at least two major server makers say they use A800 chips in their products, one of which used to be A100 chips.

Inspur and H3C did not respond to requests for comment.

Nvidia declined to comment on whether it consulted the Commerce Department about the new chip.

Following the introduction of new U.S. regulations in October, Nvidia said it did not expect U.S. regulations banning the export of supercomputing system chips to China to have a significant impact on its business. Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun also said that he believes that Nvidia data center chips still have a huge market in China.