Senators lobby for SAFE Chips Act, which would curb leading-edge AI chip exports to China — proposed bill would restrict AMD and Nvidia to H20/MI308-class accelerator sales until 2028

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing for the SAFE Chips Act, which aims to restrict leading-edge AI chip exports to China by AMD and Nvidia until 2028, limiting sales to H20/MI308-class accelerators. The bill excludes consumer and gaming hardware from the regulation, allowing the sale of high-end GPUs to adversary countries. The proposed legislation sets specific performance metrics for advanced processors, with potential adjustments after 30 months with committee approval. Nvidia has been lobbying for looser export controls to China, arguing that selling performance-capped GPUs maintains U.S. technology dependence and leadership in high-performance AI computing.