U.S. President Donald Trump said he will allow exports to China of Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) chip "H200."
On the 8th (local time), President Trump added on his social media (SNS) Truth Social that he informed Chinese President Xi Jinping that, on the condition that the United States can continue to maintain strong national security, the United States will allow Nvidia to ship H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries, and that Xi reacted positively.
Trump went on to say, "Twenty-five percent of (the H200 sales proceeds) will be paid to the United States," adding, "This policy will support American jobs, strengthen American manufacturing, and also help American taxpayers."
However, Trump explained that Nvidia's cutting-edge AI chips "Blackwell" and the soon-to-be-released "Rubin" are not included in this agreement. The H200 trails the latest Blackwell-based GPUs (graphics processing units) but delivers overwhelming performance compared with the lower-spec chip "H20," which is currently approved for export to China.
Trump said, "The Commerce Department is finalizing the details, and this approach will also apply to AMD, Intel, and other great American corporations."
Earlier, beginning in 2022 under the previous Joe Biden administration, the United States introduced export control regulations that barred exports of state-of-the-art AI chips to China. However, Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive officer (CEO), has urged allowing the sale of somewhat downgraded chip products in the Chinese market.