Nvidia Resumes Manufacturing of H200 Chips for China, CEO Says
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on March 17 that the company is in the process of resuming production of its H200 artificial intelligence chips due to demand from customers in China.
“We’ve been licensed for many customers in China for H200. We have received purchase orders from many customers, and we’re in the process of restarting our manufacturing,” Huang said in a press conference.
Exports of the H200 chips had previously been restricted by Washington as it sought to maintain the United States’ lead in AI and curb China’s military advancement.
In December 2025, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he would allow the sale of H200 chips to approved customers in China and other countries “under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security,” and that a 25 percent fee would go to the United States.
Trump said the policy will support American jobs, bolster U.S. manufacturing, and benefit U.S. taxpayers. He noted that Chinese leader Xi Jinping “responded positively” to the approval of the chip exports.
The chips will also undergo third-party testing in the United States to verify their performance specifications, according to the regulations.
Despite the approval, shipments had been stalled by regulatory requirements. Commerce Department export enforcement official David Peters said at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last month that Nvidia had not yet sold any H200 chips to customers in China.
“My understanding is that none so far,” Peters told the committee at the time.
Huang told reporters in California on March 17 that Nvidia’s supply chain is “getting fired up” now that many customers in China have been licensed.
The H200 chip is more advanced than anything China can currently manufacture domestically, especially given export controls that block Chinese companies from purchasing the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Nvidia stated on its website that the H200 chip “supercharges generative AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads with game-changing performance and memory capabilities,” allowing energy efficiency to reach new levels.
David Sacks, chair of the president’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, said in January that shipping advanced chips to China will discourage competitors, such as the sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.
