White House U-turn on Nvidia H200 AI accelerator exports down to Huawei’s powerful new Ascend chips, report claims — U.S. committed to ‘dominance of the American tech stack’

The U.S. can now export Nvidia’s H200 AI accelerator to China, with a 25% fee attached. However, following the authorization of the chips, a new report suggests that the decision was made to ensure American tech dominance globally. Reportedly, a major part of the decision is Huawei’s recent advancements with its CloudMatrix 384 and Ascend 910C systems, which are on par with both the H200 and Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72, a new Bloomberg report suggests.

This decision would enable China to continue to access…