NVIDIA H200 AI Chips Slipped Past US Bans Into Chinese Military University
Recent procurement records reveal that a Chinese university heavily tied to military research had acquired restricted NVIDIA H200 AI processors, exposing vulnerabilities in current Washington export controls as much as possible Chinese spy operation against NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), a Xi'an-based institution and, more crucially, classified under China's defense-focused Seven Sons of National Defense group, recently purchased two H200 chips for approximately 874,700 yuan (approximately $123,000), Reuters reports. Highlighted in an October 21 procurement record published directly on the university's official portal, the hardware was secured for its management school and was sourced through a domestic intermediary identified as Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology, which of course flies directly in the face of U.S. trade restrictions.
NPU currently occupies a spot on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List and has since 2001. It was initially flagged over its direct ties to the PLA, plus defense-oriented research...
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