NVIDIA can sell H200 AI chips to China
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appeared to have scored big on Monday when the White House approved sales of his company’s H200 chips to China. But China may prefer Chinese-made chips—or smuggled ones.
The allegations reveal the failure of physical export controls and open a new front in the battle to end black-market chip sales.
Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia Corp. to sell advanced chips to China marks more than just a shift in US tech policy. It also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with Xi Jinping.