"China has agreed to import its first batch of NVIDIA's H200 AI chips after the government initially rejected the idea, reported. Several hundred thousand H200 chips were approved for sale in the country following NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang's visit there last week, according to two people familiar with the matter. The US government allowed the sale of NVIDIA's H200 processors to vetted and approved companies in China late last year."
"NVIDIA's most powerful AI chip, the Blackwell B200, is still restricted for export to China. Despite that, over $1 billion worth of those and other high-end NVIDIA chips made their way to China via black market sales, according to previous reports. The H200 is NVIDIA's second most powerful AI GPU behind the B200, which is reportedly 10 times faster for some jobs."
China approved its first batch of NVIDIA H200 AI chips after initially rejecting the import, with several hundred thousand units cleared following NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's visit. The U.S. permitted H200 sales to vetted and approved Chinese companies late last year, with initial allocations mainly to three unnamed internet firms and applications open for future approvals. The Blackwell B200 remains restricted for export, though over $1 billion of high-end NVIDIA chips reached China via black market sales. The H200 outperforms the older H20 but trails the B200, and domestic Chinese processors, including Huawei's, lag behind NVIDIA's technology.
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