NYT: US Approves Sale of Nvidia H200 Chips to Dubious Chinese Firms
The US Department of Commerce has permitted the supply of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese companies, some of which are linked to sanctioned entities or exist only on paper, The New York Times has discovered.
At the Beijing address of the firm New Matrix, there is an empty premises, and the managing company is unaware of its existence. According to WireScreen, its owners are connected to the sanctioned investment firm Wise Road.
In the office of another license recipient, Maginfra, a journalist found only empty desks. Analysts consider it an offshoot of Inspur, which is included in the US sanctions list.
The H200 has been approved for approximately twenty Chinese companies, including Alibaba and Tencent. Sales to China account for less than 1% of Nvidia’s data center segment revenue.
