Scoop: China Eases Limits on Nvidia H200 Chips; ByteDance and Tencent Receive Shipments
zijing_wu · x · 2026-08-19
China has eased restrictions on Nvidia H200 chips. ByteDance and Tencent have received 10,000 H200s, with more shipments expected. Beijing requires companies to keep the majority of the stock in Hong Kong (500k total), though the city lacks capacity to support usage.
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