From PC Mag: The US has unveiled more restrictions on advanced AI chip exports, according to a White House press release published on Monday.
The rules, which were leaked earlier this month, take a nation-based approach where countries are divided into one of three tiers. One tier puts no chip export restrictions on countries, which are 18 US allies, while a second tier puts some quantity restrictions on other countries. The third tier bars all advanced chip exports to countries on that list entirely.
Last week, a report found that countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Nordic countries, and most of Western Europe would face no chip restrictions, meaning they can import as many advanced US chips as they'd like.
But much of Central and South America as well as much of Africa, the Middle East, Portugal, Eastern Europe, Switzerland, and Southeast Asia would face some restrictions. Nations in this second tier would still be able to import some advanced AI chips, but they would be subject to a maximum of 1,700 advanced GPUs per order without a license, with orders under 1,700 not counting toward the per-country maximum of 50,000 advanced GPUs each.
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