WASHINGTON. – The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has authorized the company Nvidia to sell its products H200 chips for artificial intelligence.
This decision is made in exchange for a commission from the 25 percent on the technology company’s sales.
Trump announced this new policy on his social network Truth Social, pointing out that the President of China, Xi Jinpingwas informed and gave his permit.
The procedure was approved under conditions ensuring: strong national security, said the American President. The US Department of Commerce is already working on the details of this agreement.
The move is seen as a compromise in contrast to Nvidia’s previous initiative to sell its Blackwell chips. more advanced designto Chinese customers.
U.S. officials have since viewed the move as a compromise A complete ban on sales could bolster Huawei’s efforts to commercialize its own AI chips.
Trump indicated that the same approach and conditions would apply other large companies Americans like AMD and Intel. This policy will support employment, will strengthen the manufacturing industry and benefit American taxpayers.
The approval of these exports represents a significant change compared to the policies implemented since 2022 Prevent Beijing and its army from accessing America’s most powerful technologies.
The sale of H200 chips to China It’s a victory for Nvidia, which sought to relax export controls.
The founder of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has built and leveraged a close relationship with Trump since the November 2024 election Left argue against restrictions. Huang said the restrictions would only apply to leading Chinese companies such as Huawei Technologies Co.
The detente comes after a ceasefire in the trade and technology war between the two countries that Trump and Xi Jinping negotiated in Busan, South Korea.
The H200 chip was introduced two years ago and has more high-bandwidth memory than its predecessor, the H100. This makes it possible to process data more quickly.
According to reports, the H200 It would be almost six times more powerful than the H20the most advanced AI semiconductor that could be legally exported to China.
This risk could worsen China’s desire for technological and military dominance weakens the security of the United Statessaid Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Critics argue that the sale of advanced AI chips to China is allowed could help Beijing strengthen its army, a fear that motivated the previous administration’s initial limits.
Warren expressed concern after the approval and recalled the meeting of Donald Trump with CEO Huang and the company’s donation to Trump’s ballroom.
The Institute for Progress, a Think tank Bipartisan, reported that the export would allow Chinese AI labs to build supercomputers with similar performance to the best in the United States. However, building these machines would be enough higher costs for Chinese companies.
Ahead of that approval, China’s cybersecurity agency subpoenaed Nvidia to explain whether its H20 AI chip poses any security risks. Back doorwhich Nvidia denied.
Experts say Chinese companies will almost certainly buy the H200 despite concerns about espionage. Not accepting this chip would be counterproductive since it is the H200 It is superior to any chip China can produce domestically.
However, Beijing’s response is uncertain given its paranoia about dependence on American technology.
Although Washington agrees to the sale, Beijing must continue to allow chips to enter its territoryalso motivated by pride in promoting national alternatives.
The Chinese market offers potential for 50,000 million dollars for Nvidia.
Nvidia scored another victory in Congress last week when lawmakers removed a provision from defense legislation that would limit the company’s ability to sell advanced chips to China. The so-called AI GAIN Act would have forced chip manufacturers to give in priority to American customers.
This federal approach to chip trading is consistent with Trump’s intent Consolidating national regulation of artificial intelligence, Elimination of government regulations. Trump announced he would issue one decree to take away the right of states to regulate the AI ​​industry.
He argues that there must be a single playbook to maintain global leadership in artificial intelligence. The president warned that including fifty states in the approval process would destroy AI at its core. childhood.
Industry leaders, including Jensen Huang and OpenAI boss Sam Altman, support the idea of ​​restricting the government initiative. Huang pointed out that government regulation would slow down the sector and create a problem national security.
Currently, industry leaders complain that there are more than 1,000 AI bills in state legislatures. Trump’s intent is that this Executive Order a single rule rules the whole country. The administration is considering limiting access to federal funds for broadband internet development to those states that impose restrictions.
Agencies DPA, Reuters and AFP
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