Nvidia H200 Chips Reach Blacklisted Chinese Universities via Local Suppliers
· Technology · Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Straits Times
Chinese universities on the United States trade blacklist have obtained advanced Nvidia H200 artificial intelligence chips through local technology suppliers and server rental contracts. Procurement records reviewed by Reuters show that Northwestern Polytechnical University, a defense-linked institution in China's Seven Sons of National Defense, purchased the processors through a local firm named Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology. The university also signed five separate contracts with domestic companies this year to rent computing capacity powered by Nvidia H200 and H100 processors. The transactions circumvent US export restrictions designed to block Chinese military and research institutions from accessing high-performance American semiconductor hardware. Representatives for Nvidia, Northwestern Polytechnical University, and the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security did not respond to requests for comment.
Why it matters
The illicit hardware transfers demonstrate the ongoing challenges US regulators face in enforcing export controls on advanced artificial intelligence technology destined for foreign military research.
Read the original report — Hindustan Times
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