US Approves 10 Chinese Companies to Purchase Nvidia H200 Chips, Up to 75,000 Units Each

According to Reuters, the U.S. on May 14 approved approximately 10 Chinese enterprises to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips, including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, as well as distributors such as Lenovo and Foxconn. Under licensing terms, each approved customer may purchase up to 75,000 H200 units, though no actual deliveries have occurred yet.

Despite U.S. regulatory oversight and China's push for domestic AI chip autonomy, related transactions remain stalled, according to the report.