Nvidia received a stern warning from US Commerce Secretary Raimondo on China export controls, media report:
“If you redesign a chip around a particular cut line that enables them to do AI, I’m going to control it the very next day,” she said, in a speech. 1/3 $NVDA #semiconductors
2/2 She urged Silicon Valley executives, US allies, others, to stop China from getting semiconductors and cutting-edge technologies vital to US national security, calling Beijing “the biggest threat we’ve ever had” and stressed “China is not our friend”.
3/3 She also said her department needs more funding for AI export controls.
“Every day China wakes up trying to figure out how to do an end run around our export controls … which means every minute of every day, we have to wake up tightening those controls and being more serious about enforcement with our allies,” she said.