<story><title>US Government Bans Export of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs to China and Russia</title><url>https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581022000146/nvda-20220826.htm</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>LionTamer</author><text>When was this done previously?</text></item><item><author>zerohp</author><text>The US government has been setting the ceiling on performance that can be exported since the beginning of the computer industry.&lt;p&gt;This is not really new but NVidia was caught by a surprise change in the limits.</text></item><item><author>obblekk</author><text>This doesn&amp;#x27;t just ban A100s. It bans those and &amp;quot;any future NVIDIA integrated circuit achieving both peak performance and chip-to-chip I&amp;#x2F;O performance equal to or greater than thresholds that are roughly equivalent to the A100.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a ceiling on the performance that can be exported. In an exponentially scaling industry, this is the equivalent of an announcement in advance of a complete ban on competitive products 2-3yrs out.&lt;p&gt;Given that both political parties have placed export limits on tech to China, it seems this is the new normal.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zerohp</author><text>You can go down the rabbit hole at federalregister.gov.  Here&amp;#x27;s a couple places where they talk about it:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ecfr.gov&amp;#x2F;current&amp;#x2F;title-15&amp;#x2F;subtitle-B&amp;#x2F;chapter-VII&amp;#x2F;subchapter-C&amp;#x2F;part-743&amp;#x2F;section-743.2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ecfr.gov&amp;#x2F;current&amp;#x2F;title-15&amp;#x2F;subtitle-B&amp;#x2F;chapter-VII...&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.federalregister.gov&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;2006&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;06-3647&amp;#x2F;implementation-of-new-formula-for-calculating-computer-performance-adjusted-peak-performance-app-in&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.federalregister.gov&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;2006&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;24&amp;#x2F;06-3647...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;ll probably have to dig quite a bit to find the latest rules and regulations.&lt;p&gt;These regulations go back to at least the Export Control Act of 1968. Every CPU&amp;#x2F;GPU maker would have a legal team that understands these rules.</text></comment>
<story><title>US Government Bans Export of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs to China and Russia</title><url>https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581022000146/nvda-20220826.htm</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>LionTamer</author><text>When was this done previously?</text></item><item><author>zerohp</author><text>The US government has been setting the ceiling on performance that can be exported since the beginning of the computer industry.&lt;p&gt;This is not really new but NVidia was caught by a surprise change in the limits.</text></item><item><author>obblekk</author><text>This doesn&amp;#x27;t just ban A100s. It bans those and &amp;quot;any future NVIDIA integrated circuit achieving both peak performance and chip-to-chip I&amp;#x2F;O performance equal to or greater than thresholds that are roughly equivalent to the A100.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a ceiling on the performance that can be exported. In an exponentially scaling industry, this is the equivalent of an announcement in advance of a complete ban on competitive products 2-3yrs out.&lt;p&gt;Given that both political parties have placed export limits on tech to China, it seems this is the new normal.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MarkSweep</author><text>There are all kinds of things subject to export restrictions:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bis.doc.gov&amp;#x2F;index.php&amp;#x2F;regulations&amp;#x2F;export-administration-regulations-ear&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bis.doc.gov&amp;#x2F;index.php&amp;#x2F;regulations&amp;#x2F;export-adminis...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, high resolution analog to digital converters have restrictions. In the past strong cryptography even had restrictions:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Export_of_cryptography_from_th...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even travel for US citizens was restricted. I have relatives who were in the semiconductor and aerospace industries during the 1980s. They were advised by the government to not attempt to travel to the Eastern Bloc. Some kinda related reading:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;academic.oup.com&amp;#x2F;dh&amp;#x2F;article-abstract&amp;#x2F;43&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;57&amp;#x2F;5068654?login=false&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;academic.oup.com&amp;#x2F;dh&amp;#x2F;article-abstract&amp;#x2F;43&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;57&amp;#x2F;5068654...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>