Procurement records reveal that a Chinese university blacklisted by the United States has successfully acquired Nvidia AI H200 accelerator chips, bypassing stringent export control measures designed to restrict advanced technology access.
The transaction highlights ongoing challenges in enforcing international trade restrictions on high-performance semiconductors. Despite federal bans prohibiting the transfer of such sensitive hardware to targeted institutions in China, purchasing documentation indicates the acquisition of the restricted processors went forward.
The development comes as regulatory authorities and hardware manufacturers face mounting pressure to plug security loopholes in the global supply chain, following previous reports of restricted graphic processing units reaching restricted entities through secondary channels and rental arrangements.
