Since the Biden administration took office, the United States has introduced a large number of tech-related sanctions and restrictions. These restrictions are aimed at countries deemed hostile, mainly China and Russia. The aim is to restrict their technological and military development using American technologies, in particular AI powered by top-of-the-range graphics cards.

In short, just a few days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the new President of the United States, NVIDIA is speaking out and publicly criticising the latter, well, especially the new 200-page pamphlet in preparation.

According to NVIDIA, the Biden administration’s sanctions are undermining American leadership!

Until now, the Chameleon has been rather discreet about the Biden administration’s sanctions, even though they have directly affected its business. As we have seen, on several occasions the company has had to design new graphics chips to comply with the new export rules. That’s why we had the RTX 4090 D or the H800 (which was subsequently banned from export). All these GPUs are limited, which affects their performance, the aim being to be able to sell them in China in particular.

However, just a few days before Donal Trump’s inauguration, the company issued a statement. In a blog post, the company denounced the 200-page “regulatory quagmire” to come from the Biden administration. The company states that “in its final days in office, the administration is seeking to undermine American leadership “.

In short, given the timing, it seems that the company is seeking to curry favour with the new administration. Indeed, the Greens are quick to point out that the first Trump administration “laid the foundations for American success in the field of AI”, according to this publication. At that time, companies were freer to trade with each other, and there was no government-approved list of Chinese, Russian or other companies with which NVIDIA could or could not do business. In fact, the greens lost a few feathers in the process, particularly in terms of the R&D costs involved in adapting new products to comply with the restrictions.

However, we should not lose sight of the fact that Donald Trump’s tone has hardened towards China. He has not hesitated to threaten major customs duties on imported products from Asian countries in particular. In short, a matter to be followed.