US considers tougher restrictions on AI chip exports to China
美国考虑进一步限制对华出口AI芯片
Semiconductor makers Nvidia and AMD could be hit by update of controls introduced in October
知情人士称，美国商务部正准备更新去年10月出台的全面出口管制，可能加大英伟达和AMD等公司向中国销售先进芯片的难度。
The Biden administration is contemplating new export controls on chips for artificial intelligence, as Washington increases its efforts to make it harder for China to obtain technology with military applications.
拜登(Biden)政府正在考虑对应用于人工智能(AI)领域的芯片实施新的出口管制。华盛顿正加大努力，以期让中国更难获取具有军事用途的技术。
The US commerce department is preparing to update sweeping export controls introduced last October in ways that could make it harder for companies such as Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices to sell advanced chips to China, according to three people familiar with the situation.
据三名知情人士透露，美国商务部正准备更新去年10月出台的全面出口管制，可能加大英伟达(Nvidia)和AMD等公司向中国销售先进芯片的难度。
The move would have a significant impact on Nvidia, which responded to the October 7 controls by designing new graphics processing unit chips called the A800 and H800 to replace more advanced chips that were restricted under the new rules.
此举将对英伟达产生重大影响，该公司为应对去年10月7日出台的管制措施，设计了名为A800和H800的新图形处理器(GPU)芯片，以替代受新规限制的更先进芯片。
