Video Mug: China's Hidden Motives Behind Allowing Nvidia Chips

The Chinese government, which had previously restricted AI companies to using only domestic semiconductor chips, announced on July 8 that it would allow the purchase of Nvidia's H200 chips.

Following this news, Nvidia's stock price rose by 3.7%, marking its largest single-day gain in a month.

It is not a new development that Chinese big tech companies have been pleading with the government for the necessity of U.S.-made chips.

However, it appears the government has finally accepted these corporate demands as the technical limitations and production capacity constraints of domestic semiconductors have reached a breaking point, and even the black market, through which Nvidia chips were being procured via loopholes, has been blocked by intensified U.S. crackdowns.

Nevertheless, the Chinese government's decision to allow the purchase of Nvidia chips is not entirely without caveats.

This is due to several conditions imposed by China.

We have summarized what those conditions are.

(Written by Yi SeMi | Edited by Lee Ki-eun | Designed by Lee Hee-moon | Assisted by Kim Chae-hyun | Narrated by So Hwan-wook | Produced by Knowledge Content IP Team)
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