The US Commerce Department quietly posted a notice on its website on Sunday that does something Washington has been dancing around for a year: it shuts a loophole that may have funnelled hundreds of thousands of Nvidia's most powerful AI chips to Chinese companies through their offices in countries like Malaysia. The Bureau of Industry and Security said export licence rules in place since 2023 also apply to subsidiaries of China-headquartered firms operating outside Chinese borders—a clarification that lands a year after the Trump administration scrapped the Biden-era AI Diffusion rule and left a gap wide enough for Blackwell processors to slip through.

Washington menutup 'jalur belakang' yang memungkinkan chip AI Nvidia tetap mengalir ke China. Langkah ini jadi babak baru dalam perang teknologi AS.

The US Commerce Department quietly posted a notice on its website on Sunday that does something Washington has been dancing around for a year: it shuts a loophole that may have…

Officials worry a gap in export rules let Chinese firms acquire banned Nvidia Blackwell chips via overseas subsidiaries. New guidance aims to close it.