Tech war: Chinese AI surveillance gear maker Hikvision plays down impact of US Nvidia chip ban
- A board secretary of Hikvision told investors via the Shenzhen Stock Exchange that Washington’s latest restrictions have no impact on the company
- Hikvision has used Nvidia GPUs to develop AI products, and is also one of the first Chinese users of the US firm’s deep-learning supercomputer DGX-1
A board secretary of Hikvision made the comment in response to questions on the investor relations management platform of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Thursday.
In doing so, it has become the second Chinese company that felt compelled to speak out on the US government’s move to stop Californian firms Nvidia and AMD from selling their flagship artificial intelligence chips to clients in China.
Inspur, China’s top server maker and which has touted the use of Nvidia’s A100 graphics processing units (GPUs) in its products, told investors last week that it was in communications with the American company over the situation.
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Hikvision has long maintained a business relationship with Nvidia, having used the US chip designer’s GPUs to develop AI products. The Hangzhou-based company was one of the first Chinese users of Nvidia’s deep-learning supercomputer DGX-1.
