Nvidia has begun shipping its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China after the United States approved a limited set of exports, according to reports from Benzinga and Yahoo Finance.
A US official has confirmed the shipments are underway. According to Newsbytes, Jeffrey Kessler, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, confirmed that the powerful H200 chips have started making their way to China.
How much is actually moving remains modest. A US official said the shipments have been "limited so far," as reported by Moomoo, and AnewZ reported that only a "small number" of the chips have been shipped. Tech Times went further, describing the volume as "trivial."
The H200 is one of Nvidia's high-performance AI processors, the kind of hardware used to train and run advanced AI systems. Exports of such chips to China have been tightly restricted by Washington, making any approved shipment a notable shift in policy.
The move is not without controversy. According to Tech Times, the development has come alongside criticism over what it called a "Blackwell loophole" — a reference that is drawing fire in the debate over how far US export rules should extend.
Why it matters: The flow of Nvidia's most capable AI chips into China sits at the center of a high-stakes contest over technology, trade and national security, and even a limited opening signals a meaningful recalibration of US export policy.