Nvidia to Sell New Chip in China It Says Meets U.S. Export Ban

(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp., the most valuable chipmaker in the U.S., has begun producing a processor for China that conforms to new rules aimed at limiting that country’s access to artificial-intelligence computing.

The A800 GPU, or graphics processing unit, went into production in the third quarter and serves as an alternative to the A100 model, Nvidia said in a statement Monday. “The A800 meets the U.S. government’s clear test for reduced export control and cannot be programmed to exceed it,” the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker said.