摘要：TMTPOST -- Nvidia Corporation shares dropped 3% on Monday as the semiconductor sector suffered a selloff. The PHLX Semiconductor I
TMTPOST -- Nvidia Corporation shares dropped 3% on Monday as the semiconductor sector suffered a selloff. The PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) , a Philadelphia Stock Exchange capitalization-weighted index composed of the 30 largest U.S. companies primarily involved in the design, distribution, manufacture, and sale of semiconductors, fell 2.4%, while the U.S. stock benchmark S&P 500 index closed 1.5% on Monday in its worst day since December 18.
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U.S. chip stocks got hammered after reports suggested a new round of export controls on artificial intelligence (AI) chips is on horizon. The Biden administration plans to issue regulation as early as Friday with an additional round of curbs on AI chip exports from American giants like Nvidia, Bloomberg quoted people with knowledge of the matter on Wednesday. It was reported the U.S. government wants restrict the sale of AI chips used in data centers on both a country and company basis, with the goal of concentrating AI development in friendly nations and getting businesses around the world to align with American standards.
The regulations represent an expansion of semiconductor caps to most of the world as it will create three tiers of chip trade restrictions, according to the report. A small number of U.S. allies, at the top level, would maintain essentially unmitigated access to American chips, while a group of alleged adversaries would be effectively blocked from importing the chips, per the report. And other countries, the vast majority of the world have to be reportedly subject to limits on the total computing power that can go to one country.
Nvidia and the tech industry expressed their opposition to the potential AI chip restrictions, warning of the tech and economic fallout. In a statement shared with Seeking Alpha on Friday, Ned Finkle, Nvidia's vice president of government affairs, raised concerns about the impact such measures could have on U.S. businesses and global competitiveness.
Finkle urged the Biden administration to hold off on implementing the policy, arguing it would harm the economy and hand an advantage to U.S. competitors abroad.The proposed restrictions are aimed at limiting AI chip exports to countries like China, but Finkle pointed out that the policy might unnecessarily impact commonly used technology, including datacenter computers and gaming PCs, without achieving meaningful national security benefits.
Earlier this week, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said in a statement it is deeply concerned by the unprecedented scope and complexity of the potential regulation titled “Export Control Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion” and described it as a rule that was “developed without industry input and could significantly undercut U.S. leadership and competitiveness in semiconductor technology and advanced AI systems.”
The Information technology Industry Council (ITI), a global trade association that represents companies from the information and communications technology (ICT) industry like Microsoft Corporation, Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com. Inc., called for the Biden administration to refrain from issuing a rule that would restrict global access to AI chips, warning the restrictions would risk the United States’ ceding leadership in the sector to other countries like China.
ITI CEO Jason Oxman criticized the administration's "insistence" on publishing the rule in the final days of Joe Biden's presidency, Reuters cited a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Tuesday. "Rushing a consequential and complex rule to completion could have significant adverse consequences," Oxman said in the letter.
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