
英伟达首席执行官可能被迫离职,这可能导致美国收紧对向中国出售尖端半导体技术的管制。黄仁勋一直是放宽限制的最著名倡导者,批评者认为这一立场是由利润而非国家安全驱动的。
The potential ouster of Nvidia’s CEO could lead to a tightening of US controls on the sale of cutting-edge semiconductor technology to China. Jensen Huang has been the most prominent advocate of looser restrictions, a view critics have dismissed as driven by profit rather than national security.
无论他的动机如何,华盛顿要求实施更严厉管制的压力正在增加:《The Information》报道,因执法不力而受到批评的商务部将很快堵住一个漏洞,中国企业曾通过第三国的数据中心获取美国高端芯片;国会的审查正在升级,要求解职美国商务部长的呼声也日益高涨。(一名白宫官员告诉 Semafor,总统对这位内阁部长保持“完全信心”。)
Whatever his motivations, pressure is growing in Washington for tougher curbs: The Information reported the commerce department — criticized for lax enforcement — will soon close a loophole by which Chinese firms accessed high-end US chips through data centers in third countries, while Congressional scrutiny is mounting, and calls for the US commerce secretary to be fired are growing. (A White House official told Semafor the president maintained “complete confidence” in the cabinet secretary.)— Prashant Rao