Nvidia Praises Chinese AI Models After Resuming AI Chip Sales In The Region

Nvidia announced on Monday that it will resume selling its H20 AI chips to the Chinese market. The company’s CEO, Jensen Huang, also described Chinese AI technology developed by companies such as DeepSeek as “world-class” and “revolutionising.”

According to Reuters, the tech giant said it would soon begin selling China its graphics processing unit for AI systems—the flagship AI chip model specially designed for the Chinese market—after the U.S. government agreed to reverse the export restriction imposed in April over national security concerns.

Despite the sales restrictions, Nvidia became the first company in the world to reach a $4 trillion market valuation last week. Now that the U.S. government has granted the company its license again, Nvidia expects to sell more AI chips in China and continue its expansion.

“H20 was released from its ban, the memory bandwidth is extremely good, for LLMs and other new models it will be excellent,” said Huang during an event in Beijing on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters. “I hope to get more advanced chips into China. Today, H20 is still incredibly good, but in the coming years, whatever we are allowed to sell to China, we will do so.”

Experts have considered the decision of the U.S. government “rare” as it has been criticized by American legislators who initially backed the restriction to prevent China from advancing its AI capabilities.

“The H20 is a powerful chip that, according to our bipartisan investigation, played a significant role in the rise of PRC AI companies like DeepSeek,” said Republican John Moolenaar, chair of the House of Representatives Select Committee on China.

At the Beijing expo, Huang praised Chinese AI models, including those developed by DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Tencent. He described the technology as “world-class” and said their AI was “revolutionising” supply chains.