Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, during the company's conference on March 17, 2026 Reuters/Carlos Barria A high-ranking US government official told the United States Congress on Tuesday (14) that Nvidia sent a small number of H200 chips, the company's second most powerful artificial intelligence processor, to China. Sales of H200 chips have become a sensitive point in the technological dispute between the two countries. The US government seeks to restrict China's access to cutting-edge semiconductors that can be used in military applications. ?? Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 Confirmation that the chips were sent to China was made by Jeffrey Kessler, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security at the US Department of Commerce. "There have been minimal exports of H200 to China so far," Kessler told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. According to him, the number of chips is "very small".
Nvidia begins shipping one of its most powerful chips to China, says US official
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, during the company's conference on March 17, 2026 Reuters/Carlos Barria A high-ranking US government official told the United States Congress on Tuesday (14) that Nvidia sent a small number...
A subsidiary of Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp and two other Chinese companies are among the entities that most recently received U.S. authorization to buy advanced AI chips from Nvidia and AMD, Reuters reported. The US Department of Commerce had already approved the sale of H200 chips to about 10 Chinese companies in May, but no deliveries had been made, according to the agency. Authorized companies included Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, owner of TikTok. Kessler said the Commerce Department provided Congress with a confidential list of requests to purchase H200 chips and their respective status, but did not provide further details. Restrictions on Chinese Companies Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the committee, criticized the Commerce Department for not adding more Chinese companies to the export control list since October. It is the longest period without new additions in more than a decade. According to Meeks, President Donald Trump "turned export controls into a bargaining chip in broader negotiations with China" and "weakened existing safeguards by approving licenses for advanced AI chips destined for China." Kessler defended the government's stance and said it is important to enforce restrictions on companies that are already on the control lists. And he indicated that new regulatory measures on artificial intelligence are on the way. The Commerce Department has delayed adding DeepSeek and 100 other Chinese companies to the restricted list, Reuters reported in June from two people familiar with the matter. According to the agency, the measure is part of the Trump administration's efforts to avoid an escalation of tensions with Beijing. American companies cannot export goods, software or technology to companies included on this list without a specific license, approval for which is often denied.
