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President Trump will allow technology giant Nvidia to sell its second-best artificial intelligence chips to China. The move reverses years of policy restrictions and could help push China farther along in the AI race.
President Donald Trump says he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 computer chip used in the development of artificial intelligence to “approved customers” in China
China hardliners and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Trump administration for its decision to allow Nvidia to ship its second-most advanced AI chip to China, citing concerns that Beijing could harness the technology to supercharge its military.
President Donald Trump granted Nvidia Corp. permission to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chip to China in exchange for a 25% surcharge, a move that lets the world’s most valuable company potentially regain billions of dollars in lost business from a key global market.
Nvidia will be granted permission to export its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China and elsewhere, Trump said, with the U.S. taking a cut of sales.
Nvidia stock was edging down as it could face an additional hurdle to sales of its artificial-intelligence chips to Chinese customers.
Some key Republicans are raising alarm over President Trump’s blessing for Nvidia to sell advanced semiconductor chips to China, warning that there are no real safeguards to prevent Beijing from
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Exclusive: ByteDance, Alibaba keen to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump green light, sources say
ByteDance and Alibaba have asked Nvidia about buying its powerful H200 AI chip after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would allow it to be exported to China, four people briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The announcement ended what has effectively been a ban on AI chip sales to the world's second-largest economy and America's strategic adversary.
President Donald Trump said the US would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chips to China.
President Trump will let Nvidia sell H200 chips in China, but the U.S. government will take a cut of the revenue (in what amounts to export tax).