US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China

US takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China

By Karen Freifeld
Publication Date: 2026-05-31 20:09:00

The U.S. Department ‌of Commerce on Sunday moved to close a year-old potential loophole it had created that may have led companies to export the world’s most advanced chips – like Nvidia’s most sophisticated Rubin and Blackwell processors, ​as well as AMD’s MI350x – to Chinese entities located outside China.