Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments, FT reports

Business Recorder reported, citing the Financial Times, that limited quantities of Nvidia's H200 processors, among the company's most capable artificial intelligence chips, have been permitted into mainland China. According to the FT, ByteDance and Tencent each took delivery of roughly 10,000 units in recent weeks, and several other Chinese technology firms may soon receive comparable shipments.

Washington has cleared each buyer to acquire as many as 100,000 units, yet Beijing reportedly wants the hardware kept outside mainland China to bolster local chipmakers. Under that approach, Chinese authorities have indicated that firms may move the processors to Hong Kong, which sits beyond the mainland customs boundary, and operate them there.

Reuters has not been able to confirm the account independently, and Nvidia had not replied to a request for comment. Last month, a senior American official told lawmakers that only a handful of these processors had reached China.