The Commerce Department allows Nvidia to sell H20 AI chips to China despite security concerns, and experts are divided on the U.S. technological advantage.

The U.S. House Select Committee on China has expressed concerns about the Trump administration's decision to allow Nvidia ( NASDAQ: NVDA) to resume shipments of its H20 AI chips to China.

The Trump administration's decision to allow Nvidia's H20 chips back into China has triggered a surge of urgent orders from major Chinese cloud providers, reviving not only Nvidia's outlook but also lifting sentiment across the AI semiconductor ecosystem.

NVIDIA's H20 AI GPUs are once again allowed to be sold in China following a reversal of restrictions by the Trump administration, and NVIDIA's CEO claims it wasn't he who changed the US President's mind.

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At the Beijing Expo, Jensen Huang also announced plans for a new chip for Chinese clients that is designed for robotics and smart factories.

Nvidia plans to increase the supply of its H20 chips to China, aiming to strengthen its position in the lucrative Chinese technology market. This move follows the lifting of an export ban and comes as Nvidia navigates US-China trade tensions.

Data center operators in China, which use Nvidia’s H20 chips to crunch data for various AI services, have been struggling to find a local alternative that is as good as the U.S. company’s chips.