US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 chips to approved customers in China and other countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong national security.
The US Department of Commerce is finalising the details and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel and other US companies, Trump said in a post on social media.
Trump said in the post that he informed Chinese President Xi Jinping of his decision, and that Xi “responded positively”.
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The White House did not immediately respond to questions about what Trump had intended.
The H200 chip, unveiled two years ago, has more high-bandwidth memory than its predecessor, the H100, allowing it to process data more quickly.
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According to a report released on Sunday by the non-partisan think tank the Institute for Progress, the H200 would be almost six times as powerful as the H20, the most advanced AI semiconductor that can legally be exported to China, after the Trump administration reversed its short-lived ban on such sales this year.