Chinese Uni had access to H200 Nvidia chips despite ties to military and blacklist

Northwestern Polytechnical University in China bought two Nvidia H200 AI chips from a local supplier in October, according to purchase records. The university is involved in military research and is on a US trade blacklist. The purchase shows that China can still get advanced US chips despite Washington’s restrictions on their sale. The university paid 874,700 yuan (about $123,000) for the two chips, according to a notice posted on its website on October 21 and first reported by Reuters. The chips were bought for the university’s management department from a local company, Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology. The university did not buy them directly from Nvidia.

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