Khaberni - Informed sources stated that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering granting the green light for the sale of Nvidia's "H200" artificial intelligence chips to China, which would enhance the prospects of exporting advanced American technology to China.
The sources said that the Commerce Department, which oversees American export controls, is reviewing policies on banning such chip sales to China, stating that plans could change according to Reuters.
Nvidia did not directly comment on the review, but stated that current regulations do not allow the company to offer a competitive chip for artificial intelligence data centers in China, leaving this massive market to its rapidly growing foreign competitors.
This possibility indicates a more friendly approach towards China, following a truce reached between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the trade and technology war in Busan in October.
U.S. officials are concerned that shipments of more advanced artificial intelligence chips to China could help Beijing enhance its military, fears that prompted the administration of former President Joe Biden to impose restrictions on such exports.
Facing Beijing's strict use of export controls on strategic metals, necessary for the production of a wide range of technological goods, Trump this year threatened to impose new restrictions on technological exports to China, but ultimately backed down in most cases.
The "H200" chip, unveiled two years ago, contains memory with a greater bandwidth than its predecessor "H100," allowing it to process data more quickly.
Estimations suggest that "H200" will be twice as powerful as Nvidia's "H20" chip, one of the most advanced artificial intelligence semiconductors that can be legally exported to China after the Trump administration rescinded a briefly imposed ban on such sales earlier this year.
This week, the Commerce Department announced that it approved the shipment of the equivalent of 70,000 Blackwell chips from Nvidia, the next-generation artificial intelligence chip from Nvidia, to the Saudi company HuMain and the Emirati company "G42."
