Nvidia H200 Chips Allowed Into China in Small Batches: Report

Dil Bar Irshad | August 19, 2026 | 09:10 AM IST | Breaking News, Business, World | Follow on Google News

Nvidia H200 Chips Allowed Into China in Small Batches: Report

Washington, Aug. 19 [VoM News]: Small shipments of Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence chips have been permitted to reach China in recent weeks, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Beijing has asked companies to keep the chips outside mainland China.

ByteDance, the social media and artificial intelligence firm, and internet giant Tencent have each been allowed to take about 10,000 H200 processors, a further handful of Chinese technology businesses may be granted related shipments, it added.

This information comes as Washington continues to keep a tight grip on the export of sophisticated semiconductor know-how to Chinese corporations.

US authorities have granted individual enterprises authorisation to acquire as many as 100,000 H200s, but regulators inside China need these devices restricted outside the mainland market, individuals instructed the FT.

The Chinese authorities said businesses can send processors to Hong Kong as they function exterior mainland China’s customs borders. The deliveries embrace one in every of Nvidia’s highest performance AI products.

US officers told Congress last thirty day period that limited numbers of the H200 processors had been shipped into China.

The reported development highlights the balancing act Beijing needs to undertake to limit Beijing’s access to know-how and allow domestic players to acquire high-effectiveness computational equipment.

Reuters cannot independently verify the details in the Monetary Moments report. Nvidia didn’t immediately answer to an inquiry looking for touch upon the report.

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