The Chinese government this week told some tech companies it would only approve their purchases of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips under special circumstances, such as for university research, reports Reuters, citing unnamed sources quoted in The Information.
The move signals Beijing is remaining cautious about fully reopening the Chinese market to Nvidia, whose semiconductors are pivotal in operating the most advanced artificial intelligence applications and data centers.
China’s government issued a “deliberately vague” directive, the report said, telling some technology firms to buy chips only when “necessary” but was unclear as to what that means.