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Issuer:     NVIDIA CORP (NVDA)
CIK:        0001045810
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001045810-25-000082
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

US govt requires license for NVIDIA H20 exports to China; ~$5.5B in Q1 charges expected
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- USG informed NVIDIA on April 9, 2025 that a license is needed for H20 and similar chips to China, Hong Kong, Macau, and D:5 countries.
- License requirement effective indefinitely; targets risk of diversion to supercomputers in China.
- Q1 FY2026 ending April 27, 2025 expected to include up to ~$5.5B in charges for H20 inventory, purchase commitments, and reserves.
- New export controls address memory bandwidth and interconnect performance thresholds matching H20 specs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581025000082/0001045810-25-000082-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/000104581025000082/nvda-20250409.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001045810-25-000082

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