By Dean Seal
Shares of Nvidia slid after the company said it would record a $5.5 billion charge on its quarterly earnings from a new license requirement for exporting certain processors to China.
The stock was down 5.8% at $105.67 in premarket trading on Wednesday. Shares were changing hands at around $88.19 this time a year ago, but had fallen 16% year-to-date when the market closed Tuesday.
The graphics-chip maker said Tuesday evening that it had been informed by the U.S. that it now needs a license for exporting H20 processors to China and other countries. The government said the new requirement would be in place "indefinitely," according to a securities filing.
As a result, first-quarter results will include a $5.5 billion negative effect "associated with H20 products for inventory, purchase commitments and related reserves," the filing said.
The H20 chips had been designed to enable sales of AI processors to China that were allowed under U.S. export controls. The chips have less processing power than the latest cutting-edge Nvidia processors.
Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 16, 2025 06:30 ET (10:30 GMT)
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