by AFP Workers Writers
Taipei (AFP) Jan 29, 2026
Nvidia chief govt Jensen Huang expressed optimism Thursday that Beijing will allow the sale to Chinese language patrons of a strong AI chip mannequin made by the US tech large.
Huang’s remarks got here a day after the Wall Road Journal and others reported that Beijing had authorised a number of of Nvidia’s Chinese language prospects to purchase the superior chip.
The chip in query — the H200 — can be utilized to coach and run cutting-edge synthetic intelligence programs.
It had been barred from sale in China by Washington over nationwide safety considerations, however final month President Donald Trump stated he had reached an settlement with China’s Xi Jinping to melt restrictions on the H200.
Nevertheless, there was uncertainty over whether or not the Chinese language authorities would truly enable companies to purchase them, as a result of it has reportedly been encouraging Chinese language tech firms to make use of domestically made chips as an alternative.
“The precise licence for H200 is being finalised,” Huang advised reporters in Taipei.
“I am hoping… the Chinese language authorities would enable Nvidia to promote (the) H200, so that they need to resolve, and I am wanting ahead to a beneficial resolution,” he stated.
“We’re wanting ahead to returning to China in order that we will compete out there. They’ve many very sturdy chip firms, and so we have now to compete fairly vigorously.”
With the US and China locked in a fierce race for AI supremacy, Trump’s resolution to permit H200 gross sales to China marked a big shift in US export coverage for AI chips.
The deal — below which the US authorities will get a 25-percent lower of gross sales — was confirmed by the US commerce division on January 13.
Nvidia’s most top-of-the-range chips, the Blackwell collection and forthcoming Rubin processors, weren’t included within the settlement.
The Wall Road Journal reported Wednesday that Chinese language tech firms, together with Alibaba and ByteDance, have been given the inexperienced mild to obtain the primary batch of a number of hundred thousand H200 chips.
Extra imports had been anticipated to be permitted within the coming weeks, the newspaper stated, citing folks acquainted with the matter.
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent didn’t instantly reply to AFP’s request for remark.
The transfer got here throughout Huang’s current go to to China, which reportedly included stops in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.
It comes forward of Trump’s deliberate journey to Beijing in April for talks with Xi which might be geared toward resolving commerce disputes.
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