The U.S. government is weighing the possibility of allowing Nvidia to export advanced AI GPUs to Saudi Arabia. These processors would aid the kingdom in developing its own cutting-edge large language models (LLMs) and AI services. Thus, the country would be able to diversify its economy, reports Semafor. At the same time, the U.S. government wants to ensure that its adversaries, such as China, will not get access to these GPUs through the cloud.
The possible sale of Nvidia's AI GPUs, such as H100 and H200, was a key albeit unofficial topic at the Global AI Summing (GAIN) in Saudi Arabia recently. The event brought together representatives from companies like Groq, Google, and Qualcomm, alongside Saudi government officials.
