Chipmaker stocks slide as Nvidia faces $5.5B charge with US restrictions
Nvidia shares fell 6% after-hours after revealing it faces expensive restrictions on exporting its AI chips to China, which could leave it facing $5.5 billion in charges.
Chipmaking giants Nvidia and AMD have seen their share prices slide in after-hours trading after Nvidia said US restrictions on artificial intelligence chips to China would cause it to face major costs.
Nvidia stated in an April 15 regulatory filing that it is expecting around $5.5 billion in charges associated with its AI chip inventory due to significant export restrictions imposed by the US government affecting the company’s business with China.
Nvidia said that the US government informed it on April 9 that export licenses are now required for its popular H20 integrated circuits and any chips with similar bandwidth capacity.
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