March 5 (Reuters) – Nvidia (NVDA) has stopped production of its second most advanced artificial intelligence chip, the H200 chip, which is aimed at the Chinese market, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
The U.S. chipmaker has reallocated chip contract manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSM)’s manufacturing capabilities from producing H200 chips to next-generation Vera Rubin hardware, the report said, citing two people familiar with the matter.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Nvidia and TSMC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Last week, Nvidia said it had received permission from the U.S. government to ship a “small number” of H200 chips to customers in China. However, the move suggests that Nvidia doesn’t expect any meaningful sales of the H200 in China in the short term.
A U.S. Commerce Department official said last month that Nvidia’s H200 chips have not yet been sold to Chinese customers.
In January, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration officially approved sales of Nvidia H200 chips in China, but shipments have remained stagnant due to guardrails built into the process.
(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)