Nvidia won Washington’s green light to resume sales of artificial intelligence chips to China, a surprising loosening of strict US curbs on Beijing in the AI race.
While a major boost for the semiconductor giant, the approvals apply only to Nvidia’s H20 chip, which was designed for the Chinese market; restrictions on the company’s most cutting-edge technology remain in place.
Though the reversal — the US had barred Nvidia in April from selling the immensely popular H20 to China — was largely driven by pleas from the company, it was viewed in Beijing as a gesture of good faith, The Wall Street Journal said, as trade talks between the superpowers grind on.
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