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Approvals for Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to China stall under government bottleneck — 20% staff turnover hobbles Bureau of Industry and Security

What happened

BIS staffing cuts and bottlenecks have halted Nvidia H200 shipments to China and AMD MI308 approvals, causing delays of several months despite prior clearance.

Impact and signal

High impactImpact score: 98/100

Affected components and suppliers

HBMAI Accelerators

Nvidia AMD

H200 MI308

shortageexport-bansupply-chainbottleneck

Source and time

Source: Tom's Hardware · 4/13/2026 · View original source

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Approvals for Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to China stall under government bottleneck — 20% staff turnover hobbles Bureau of Industry and Security

What happened

Impact and signal

Affected components and suppliers

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