Nvidia H200 Chips Begin Small-Scale Shipments to China

Nvidia's H200 chips have been shipped to China in small quantities, according to a report by the Financial Times. The company has cleared ByteDance and Tencent to purchase up to 100,000 of these powerful AI chips each, but Beijing wants them to keep the hardware outside mainland China to support domestic chipmakers.

Chinese regulators have told companies they can ship the processors to Hong Kong, which operates outside mainland China's customs border, and use them there. This move is seen as a compromise between the US and Chinese governments.

Last month, a top US official told Congress that a small number of Nvidia H200 chips had been shipped to China. The report added that several other Chinese technology firms could soon secure similar shipments.