In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) in Singapore said that US companies expected the US export controls and local laws to comply with Chinas Deepseek's chips to create its AI model.
The markets were shaken this week after Deepseek claimed that his large language model surpassed Openai, but cost a fraction of the price to train. However, questions about the origin of the semiconductors were soon raised, with which the R1 argumentation model from Deepseek was set up, since we have restrictions on exporting advanced AI chips in China.
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Bloomberg reported on Friday that US officials examined whether Deepseek bought advanced semiconductors from Chipmaker Nvidia about third parties in Singapore.
A NVIDIA spokesman announced CNBC on Monday that the chips used by Deepseek were completely exported. Deepseek was not immediately available for a comment if it was contacted by CNBC.
“We expect US companies such as NVIDIA comply with the US export controls and our domestic laws. Our customs and law enforcement authorities will continue to work closely with their US colleagues,” said MTI in his explanation.
“We have always confirmed the rule of law and decided and firmly acted against individuals and companies that make the rules.”
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In the results published in November in the third quarter, Nvidia said that Singapore is almost 22% of his sales, but added that: “Most of the shipments associated with revenue in Singapore were insignificant to other locations than Singapore and programs in Singapore.”
MTI quoted Nvidia's comments in his Saturday declaration and said that the chip maker gave no reason to assume that Deepseek has received all export -controlled products via Singapore.
“Singapore is an international business hub. Large US and European companies have significant operations here. Nvidia has explained that many of these customers use their business units in Singapore to buy chips for products that are for the USA and other western countries There are definitely “, added MTI.
– Ryan Browne from CNBC contributed to this report.
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