On SC23, the United States AIchipAndrew Feldman, Executive Officer of Start Cerebras, criticized Nvidia under the restrictions on the export of semiconductors of China in the United States, saying that this behavior is not the United States, and the graphics will beprocessorThe giant is compared to artificial intelligence arms dealers.
I think Nvidia was armed in China in a single gun, and he told The Register.If you consider China's artificial intelligence capabilities ... Nvidia provides them with a large number of Nvida GPUs.There is no other way to look at it.This is legal, but this does not mean that it does not assume moral responsibility.
Like NVIDIA, the processor designed by CEREBRAS is used to accelerate machine learning applications and other intensive workloads; the main reputation of this startup is its non -orthodox dining plate -sized chip chip.
Fundman's comments are a response to the United States' regulatory issues of artificial intelligence exported to the United States (that is, China).In October, the Bayeng government's artificial intelligence sold to ChinaacceleratorA stricter performance upper limit has been implemented.
These rules effectively cut off the connection between most American designed high -end GPUs and accelerators used in the application of Beijing with artificial intelligence and high -performance computing applications.According to reports, in order to cope with these restrictions, Nvidia will launch a new round of chips for China, which is slightly lower than the speed limit of the chip of the chip by the US Department of Commerce.
As far as we know, these chips (H20, H20, and L2) are just the slower versions of their brothers chips, because their chips remain the same.This makes sense, because in addition to performance, the chip area is also a factor that determines which equipment is suitable for.
The efforts to monitor the American artificial intelligence infrastructure to China have always been a problem that British chip companies have paid attention to. The company has posted several documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission to warn investors' impacts.
Fundman's Silicon Valley business has obtained a $ 900 million contract this year to build 9 artificial intelligence supercomputers based on its WSE-2 wafer chip for the Arab Emirates.Essence
I think the policies you see, the policy they proposed in the presidential order and the Ministry of Commerce's ruling is a very reasonable logic in my opinion, he argued.
This is a powerful new technology, and we are not sure where it will go.We believe that the cautious approach is to formulate some guidelines and some control measures.We believe that the cautious approach is to not provide our technology to our enemies and friends in the early days.[This] It is reasonable for me, I support it.
CEREBRAS decided not to carry out business in China early, although it is still restricted by exports -for example, the restrictions on transporting artificial intelligence hardware to the Middle East.For us, CEREBRAS seems to be disapproved of NVIDIA's response to export restrictions.
All of us received a letter saying that we needed a license to ship in some countries in the Middle East, Feldman said.I don't think this is unreasonable, as long as we can obtain a license in a reasonable time.
In terms of regulatory, Feldman believes that American chip companies should follow the spirit and legal provisions of the rules, rather than trying to settle regulations.Regarding the sales of the Middle East, he said that he is committed to ensuring that the restricted device will disappear and appear in a place that does not belong to it.Therefore, he expects that export control will not have any impact on the company's ability to carry out business in the future.
He said: We are very convinced that the United States does business with its allies. When the Ministry of Commerce or president formulates rules, you should follow the spirit, not just text.When someone says this is a national policy, there are some rules here, but you are close to it and try to use loopholes to avoid this intention, you will make yourself look less American.
The government said that we don't want you to transport the products to China. There are some guidelines here, but they have reached the edge of the guideline, and Feldman complained that Nvidia has complained.
Of course, Nvidia is not a processor giant that weakens its chip in order to abide by US export restrictions.Earlier this year,IntelThe adjustable version of the Habana GAUDI accelerator will be released, which will be sold in the Chinese market.However, a round of trade restrictions seems to prevent these chips from being sold to China.AMDHe also expressed his willingness to overcome the difficulties of Uncle Sam and continue to sell chips in China, but it is unclear whether and when to continue to implement these plans.
Nvidia refused to comment on the record of this article.