The U.S. government has announced new guidance that states that using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates U.S. export controls.
This week, the Commerce Department not only rescinded the AI Diffusion Rule, but also issued guidance prohibiting usage of Huawei's Ascend accelerators. The move comes amidst anxiety from Nvidia that restricting the sale of American AI processors to other countries could lead to the rise of Chinese AI platforms filling the void.
