ByteDance and Alibaba are in discussions with Nvidia about buying its powerful H200 AI chip, reports Reuters. This is according to anonymous sources and comes just after US President Donald Trump said he would allow their export to China.
The Chinese companies are keen to place large orders for Nvidia’s second most powerful artificial intelligence chip, should Beijing give them the green light, the sources said. Before Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia’s H200 to be exported to China, the most advanced AI semiconductor that could legally be exported to China was the H20. The H200 is almost six times more powerful.
The Chinese government has yet to give a clear answer to Trump’s announcement on H200. In recent months, it has barred government-funded data centres and Chinese tech companies from buying Nvidia’s AI chips.