Trump allows NVIDIA to sell H200 chip to China
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Nvidia staffer called Microsoft's cooling system for Blackwell GPUs 'wasteful,' internal email shows
An internal memo, obtained by Business Insider, assessed Microsoft's deployment of cutting-edge GPUs.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appeared to have scored big on Monday when the White House approved sales of his company’s H200 chips to China. But China may prefer Chinese-made chips—or smuggled ones.
The allegations reveal the failure of physical export controls and open a new front in the battle to end black-market chip sales.
Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, the company confirmed on Wednesday, a move that could help prevent its artificial intelligence chips from being smuggled into countries where their export is banned.
President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.
Sullivan, a former Biden-era national security advisor who helped design AI chip export curbs on China, told the NYT that Trump’s move was “nuts” because “China’s main problem” in the AI race “is they don’t have enough advanced computing capability.”
There's still no kill switch, but the optional feature would use GPU telemetry to estimate the location of a graphics card. It would roll out first to Nvidia's Blackwell chips.
Trump administration's decision to allow NVIDIA chip sales to China sparks concern among lawmakers who worry about giving advanced technology to a key adversary.