Chinese university on the U.S. Entity List bought two Nvidia H200 chips, Reuters reports
An October 21 notice from Northwestern Polytechnical University's School of Management named Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology as the supplier of two H200 141G PCIe cards for 874,700 yuan. Reuters put that at about $123,000 and said the university also rented more H200 access.
By James Mitchell ·
Why it matters: The purchase shows a university on the U.S. Entity List obtained Nvidia H200 chips through a Chinese supplier, a route Reuters said other institutions have used.
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An October 21 notice from Northwestern Polytechnical University's School of Management named Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology as the supplier of two Nvidia ($NVDA) H200 141G PCIe cards for 874,700 yuan.1 Reuters, reporting the purchase exclusively, said that equals about $123,000, that the chips were not bought from Nvidia, and that the university is on the U.S. Entity List.2
The notice lists a unit price of 437,350 yuan.1 Reuters said the university also rented access this year to H200 chips and other Nvidia processors through five contracts with Chinese companies, and that a review of 26 records found universities and research institutions buying U.S.-restricted Nvidia chips or renting access to computing services that use those chips through domestic suppliers.2
Sources
- 英伟达H200显卡采购项目竞选结果公告-西北工业大学管理学院, School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, via Internet Archive
- Military-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia chips despite U.S. blacklist: Reuters exclusive, Reuters, via BNN Bloomberg
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