TechFlow news, May 14: According to a Reuters report, the U.S. has approved the sale of NVIDIA H200 AI chips to 10 Chinese companies—including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance—but no chips have been delivered yet, and related transactions have stalled.
The report notes that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joined the delegation accompanying U.S. President Donald Trump during his visit to China, aiming to advance sales of the H200 chip in China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has also authorized certain distributors—including Lenovo and Foxconn—to directly procure and resell the chips. However, stringent U.S. restrictions on H200 exports—covering security, end-use, revenue-sharing, and legal compliance—conflict with China’s supply-chain security policies, leading to stricter order approvals.
