US EditionChina gives nod to ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent to buy Nvidia's H200 chips: Report
China approved over 400,000 Nvidia H200 AI chips for major internet firms amid strong demand and regulatory balancing, with firms like ByteDance and Alibaba benefiting, Reuters reported.
- 1- China has approved ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent to purchase Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips, marking a shift in policy as Beijing balances AI needs with domestic development goals. 2- The three companies have been cleared to buy more than 400,000 H200 chips in total, according to sources familiar with the matter. 3- Other Chinese firms are now lining up for subsequent approvals, highlighting growing demand for advanced AI hardware.
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Exclusive: China gives nod to ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent to buy Nvidia's H200 chips
China has given the green light to three of its largest tech companies to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a shift in position as Beijing seeks to balance its AI needs against spurring domestic development.
The first approval covers several hundred thousand H200 chips, worth about US$ 10 billion, said sources
The United States previously imposed a 25 percent tariff on certain high-performance foreign-made artificial intelligence chips.
China's conditional H200 approval rewire Samsung-SK Hynix rivalry
China has reportedly been conditionally approving corporate purchases of Nvidia's H200, reshaping HBM supply-demand dynamics. According to and , reported that Chinese authorities granted conditional approval for major Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Tencent Holdings, and ByteDance to purchase Nvidia's H200. Due to the H200's heavy HBM requirements, this development will also impact Samsung and SK Hynix.
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