Nvidia H200 Chips Reach China in Small Shipments, FT Reports
Chinese regulators are steering the chips through Hong Kong, and ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 units, the Financial Times reported.
- On Tuesday, small batches of Nvidia H200 artificial intelligence chips have been allowed to enter mainland China and Hong Kong, marking the first significant movement after eight months of stalled export licenses.
- President Trump authorized the shipments in December, requiring that "25% will be paid to the United States of America," escalating the 15% revenue share Nvidia and AMD accepted for earlier chip models.
- Beijing has instructed companies like ByteDance and Tencent to keep hardware outside mainland China to support domestic chipmakers, allowing firms to route processors through Hong Kong outside the customs border.
- ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 processors in recent weeks, while the Bureau of Industry and Security is reviewing how Chinese firms rent access to hardware they are not permitted to own outright.
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in May that Beijing is focusing investment on domestic industry rather than foreign chips; officials separately told Congress that "very few" H200s reached the region, a volume they called trivial.
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The Financial Times (FT) reported on the 19th (local time), citing sources familiar with the matter, that the Chinese government has allowed a small quantity of Nvidia's advanced AI chip, the H200, to be imported into mainland China. This is interpreted as China easing import standards to support domestic companies amidst intensifying U.S.-China AI competition. According to the report, TikTok's parent company ByteDance and Tencent each [ordered]…
Nvidia’s H200 finally reaches Chinese buyers, though maybe not mainland China
After eight months of export licences that moved almost nothing, Nvidia’s H200 accelerators have started arriving at Chinese technology companies. ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 of the processors in recent weeks, according to the Financial Times, with other Chinese groups expected to secure similar volumes shortly. Even taken at face value, the […] This story continues at The Next Web
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