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Records show PLA-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist.
Northwestern Polytechnical University paid 874,700 yuan for two H200s for its management school and also rents Nvidia-powered servers.
OriginalSourceHong Kong Free PressChinaLeanUnratedCredibilityUnratedPublished08:10 UTCSourceHong Kong Free PressChinaLeanUnratedCredibilityUnratedPublished08:10 UTC
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China uses Nvidia chips to power AI despite US export controls
Key points
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang involved in affair linked to a Chinese executive at a Singapore-based suspected smuggling firm.
- US export restrictions target Nvidia's top GPUs, including Blackwell and Rubin, to China.
- H200 chip is allowed with a 25% US sales cut amid eased controls, but approvals remain challenging.
- Chinese startups like Moonshot AI, Z.ai, and DeepSeek push they can train models with Nvidia hardware.
- Experts say chips can be smuggled or rented via data centres in third countries, enabling use in China.
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“PLA-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist, records show”
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5 5 Records show PLA-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist.
Northwestern Polytechnical University paid 874,700 yuan for two H200s for its management school and also rents Nvidia-powered servers.