Chinese university bought advanced Nvidia chips despite US curbs
Procurement notices showed that Northwestern Polytechnical University, which has close ties to the country’s defence bodies, bought two H200 chips.
Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China, recently acquired two advanced Nvidia H200 AI chips for 874,700 yuan ($131,200), despite US export controls that restrict direct shipments to China and limit resale of the chips internationally. The university, which has strong ties to China's defense bodies, purchased the chips for its management school through Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology, a reseller, rather than Nvidia directly.
The H200 chips fall under US export controls due to their potential use in strategic and rapidly growing fields like artificial intelligence. The purchase comes amid a crisis for Nvidia, following reports that co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang may have been involved in a Chinese espionage operation, causing its shares to drop. The university is one of China's "Seven Sons of National Defence" institutions, focusing on defense-related research and having close military links. AFP was unable to access the university's website for more information on the procurement.
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