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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 30, 2026Published at 2:24 AM EDT · New York
Huawei Holds About Half of China's AI Chip Market as Nvidia's H200 Licenses Sit Unused
Beijing plans roughly 600,000 Ascend 910C units this year and requires domestic silicon in state-backed data centers, while the People's Bank of China issues AI-themed commemorative coins on 4 September.
Nvidia holds US licenses to sell H200 accelerators into China and has shipped almost none. Tom's Hardware reports that the shipments are stalled between two incompatible sets of conditions: US regulators require that chips ordered by Chines…
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