The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
The United States has formally green-lit Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China, despite concerns the communist country could use the technology to supercharge its military.
The move is expected to kickstart the company’s sales of its second-most-powerful artificial intelligence chips. The sales are being permitted subject to the condition that China cannot receive more than half the total quantity of chips sold to U.S. consumers. In addition, the chips must first be reviewed by a third-party lab to confirm their technical artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities before being exported.
