Report: China Eases Limits on Nvidia H200 Chips; ByteDance and Tencent Receive Units
zijing_wu · x · 2026-08-19
Reports indicate China has eased restrictions on Nvidia H200 chip imports. ByteDance and Tencent have received approximately 10,000 H200 units, with further shipments of similar size expected. Beijing has advised companies to keep the majority of the estimated 500k total H200 stock in Hong Kong, though the city currently lacks the infrastructure to support extensive usage.
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