US moves to block China from renting Nvidia chips in seven countries

The US has moved to close the backdoor route that allows Chinese firms to access high-end Nvidia chips, with Commerce Department rules being finalized that will require companies buying these chips from seven countries, including Singapore and Malaysia, to first seek approval, per The Information. The rules could be announced before the start of December. The urgency behind the push to close the third-country compute rental route was escalated by the recent drama around Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang and his romantic relationship with an executive at the Singapore-registered Megaspeed, the company accused of running a scheme that connects Chinese customers to advanced Nvidia chips through its Malaysian data center. Which countries are on the Commerce Department list for chip import permissions?

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