Trump: "H200 chips of NVIDIA have been approved for export to China!"
On December 9, the Korean newspaper "Hanminjok Daily" published an article stating that U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would allow NVIDIA's H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to be delivered to "qualified customers" in China and other countries.
President Trump posted on social media on the 8th, saying, "As long as the United States can continue to maintain strong national security, NVIDIA will be allowed to deliver H200 products to authorized customers in China and other countries."
President Trump said that 25% of the chip sales revenue will belong to the U.S. government and stated, "This policy will support American jobs, strengthen American manufacturing, and benefit American taxpayers." He also added, "The Biden administration forced our great companies to spend billions of dollars to buy 'inferior' products that no one wants — a bad idea that hinders innovation and harms American workers. That era is over."
This export authorization does not include Blackwell chips and the upcoming Rubin chips. President Trump stated, "We will protect national security, create American jobs, and maintain America's leadership in the field of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA's American customers have already started using extremely advanced Blackwell chips and the upcoming Rubin chips, which are not included in this transaction."
He added, "The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same measures will also apply to AMD, Intel, and other outstanding American companies." This measure seems to be a compromise between allowing NVIDIA to export its latest Blackwell chips to China and completely banning the export of any chips.
H200 is said to have nearly six times the performance of H20, which is currently the most advanced AI chip legally exported to China. Since 2022, the U.S. government has restricted NVIDIA GPU exports to China. NVIDIA CEO Huang Renxun has been lobbying the Trump administration to ease restrictions, stating that export controls forced NVIDIA out of the world's largest semiconductor market.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1850990858620939/
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