Malaysia is introducing new export restrictions on U.S. AI chips in an attempt to prevent these chips from being smuggled into China.

Malaysia clamped down on Monday (Jul 14) on the export, transhipment and transit of all US-made artificial intelligence chips, seeking to stop illegal trade, including to countries such as China. "Effective immediately,

Malaysia has imposed new export restrictions on high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips, including those from Nvidia, to curb potential rerouting to China. Effective immediately, all exports, transshipments,