Nvidia has told Chinese clients it aims to start shipping its second-most powerful AI chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Reuters reported last week that the Trump administration had launched an inter-agency review of license applications for H200 chip sales to China, making good on his pledge to allow the sales. The move represents a major policy shift from the Biden administration, which banned advanced AI chip sales to China citing national security concerns. The H200, part of Nvidia's previous-generation Hopper line, remains widely used in AI despite being superseded by the firm's newer Blackwell chips. Trump's decision comes as China pushes to develop its domestic AI chip industry.

Source: The Telegraph December 22, 2025 13:33 UTC