US restricts exports of some Nvidia chips to certain Middle East countries

The US expanded the restriction of exports of sophisticated Nvidia artificial intelligence chips beyond China to other regions including some countries in the Middle East, the company said in a regulatory filing this week.

“During the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, the USG (US government) informed us of an additional licensing requirement for a subset of A100 and H100 products destined to certain customers and other regions, including some countries in the Middle East,” Nvidia said in the filing.

Nvidia did not specify which countries in the Middle East were affected. The company got most of its $13.5 billion in sales in its most recent fiscal quarter ended July 30 from the United States, China and Taiwan.