US Department of Commerce "greenlights" Nvidia to sell H20 chips to China

The US Commerce Department has begun issuing licenses to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, removing a major barrier to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) leader's access to a key market, a US official said, Reuters news agency reported.

An Nvidia spokesman declined to comment on the report.

Meanwhile, a White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Nvidia said last July it was applying to the US government to continue selling its H20 graphics processing unit (GPU) to China and had been assured it would soon receive a license.

It’s unclear how many licenses have been granted, which companies Nvidia is allowed to export the H20 to, and how much the authorized orders are worth. However, exports of Nvidia’s other advanced AI chips to China remain restricted.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that the company's leadership could be shaken if it can't continue selling in China, where developers are using chips made domestically by Huawei Technologies.

Last month, the US reversed an April 2025 ban on the sale of H20 chips to China.

Nvidia has specifically designed the H20 for this market to comply with AI chip export control regulations - issued during the Joe Biden administration.

Previously, in April 2025, Nvidia revealed that it expected to suffer a loss of $5.5 billion related to the restrictions.

In May 2025, Nvidia said the actual loss in the first quarter of 2025 was $1 billion less than expected because the company was able to reuse some materials.
In the first quarter of 2025, Nvidia said the H20 chip brought in $4.6 billion in revenue, with China accounting for 12.5% of total revenue in the period.

Washington's policy has prevented US companies from fully meeting the explosive demand from China, one of the world's largest semiconductor markets. This billion-people market remains an important source of revenue for US chipmakers./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

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