The Republican chair of the US House of Representatives’ China committee has questioned the information on which the White House based its recent decision to allow Nvidia to export advanced chips to China.
John Moolenaar, the Michigan Republican who heads the influential China panel, cast doubt on arguments that China’s most advanced chips, which are manufactured by Huawei, rivalled those of Nvidia.
President Donald Trump this week said he would allow Nvidia to sell the H200 — its second most powerful chip — to China despite concerns from some US security officials that it would propel Chinese advances in artificial intelligence that would help accelerate its military’s modernisation.