The American technology company has highlighted that the negative impact is associated with H20 products, purchase commitments, and related reservations.
The group, known for producing graphics processing units and having a significant presence in artificial intelligence hardware and software, will conclude its fiscal first quarter on April 27.
In a document submitted to the U.S. regulator, Nvidia explained that on April 9, the U.S. Government notified it of the need for a license to export to China (including Hong Kong and Macau) and D5 member countries, or to companies based in or headquartered in these countries, concerning the company’s H2O integrated circuits, as well as any other circuits that meet specified memory bandwidth, interconnection bandwidth, or a combination of these metrics.
The licensing requirement, initiated during the Trump administration, aims to address the risk that the covered products could be used or diverted to support a supercomputer in China.
Amid this trade war characterized by Trump’s tariff policies and the responses from other countries, including China, the U.S. Government has informed the tech company that the licensing requirement will remain in effect indefinitely.
Founded on April 5, 1993, the company designs graphics processing units, application programming interfaces for data science and high-performance computing, as well as chips for mobile computing and the automotive market.
