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Records show China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, which has close PLA ties, has access to Nvidia H200 AI chips despite being on a US export blacklist (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)
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The Brief
- Records show Northwestern Polytechnical University, a Chinese university with close PLA ties, has access to Nvidia H200 AI chips.
- The university is on a US export blacklist.
- The report is by Reuters, based on the records it reviewed.
Why it matters
It suggests that an entity on a US export blacklist can still obtain restricted AI chips, which matters for compliance teams and anyone tracking how chip export rules are enforced.
Who’s affected
- Organizations subject to US AI chip export controls
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Reuters reports that records show the university has access to Nvidia H200 chips despite the blacklist
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Records show China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, which has close PLA ties, has access to Nvidia H200 AI chips despite being on a US export blacklist (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)