In yet another twist in the US-China chip export fiasco, it seems like America may limit the number of H200 AI chips being sent to China

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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Another month, another proposed change to US AI chip export policy. This time, the US government seems to be in talks to control Nvidia’s H200 chip.According to Bloomberg, and citing people familiar with the matter, the Trump administration is reportedly considering limiting Nvidia chip exports to 75,000 per Chinese firm. Notably, AMD’s MI325 AI chips are also included in this deal, so Chinese customers will have to choose how many of each they can take. This 75,000 is reportedly half of what Alibaba and ByteDance previously told Nvidia they would like to purchase.The tension here comes from the money the US will earn from taxes on those chips, plus its desire to keep the US as a dominant supplier, versus how much it could be aiding China’s AI development. The US, naturally, wants as much money as it can, whilst also staying on top when it comes to the future of AI. Related articles The US gov shut down a $160 million smuggling operation trying to get Nvidia H200 chips into China and also, err, says the GPUs won’t be restricted anymore DeepSeek has reportedly been given conditional approval by the Chinese government to buy Nvidia’s AI GPUs ‘I think this is crazy’: Anthropic’s CEO takes a potshot at Nvidia and the US government for selling AI chips to China Bloomberg says shipments to China could reach as many as a million units total, though it’s said that huge Chinese firms will likely apply for chips under multiple customers. This means most of the chips could still