China summons Nvidia executives over H20 chip security risk; says: Submit supporting documentation and explain the ....
Earlier this month, US chip companies Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said that this month they would resume sales of some AI chips in China after securing Washington's assurances that such shipments would get approved. The move is being seen as a dramatic reversal from the Donald Trump administration's earlier stance on measures designed to limit Beijing's AI ambitions.
Read Cyberspace Administration of China statement on Nvidia H20 chips security risk
Recently, serious security issues with Nvidia's computing chips have been exposed Previously, US lawmakers called for advanced chips exported from the US to be equipped with tracking and location capabilities. US artificial intelligence experts revealed that Nvidia's computing chips have mature tracking and location and remote shutdown technologies. To safeguard the network and data security of Chinese users, and in accordance with the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law, the Cyberspace Administration of China summoned Nvidia on July 31, 2025, requesting that the company explain the backdoor security risks associated with its H20 computing chips sold to China and submit relevant supporting documentation.
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20 national security experts sent letter to US government to stop sale of Nvidia H20 chips to China
Recently, a group of 20 national security experts and former government officials sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the Donald Trump administration to revert its decision to allow Nvidia to resume sale of Nvidia H20 AI chips in China. These security experts are upset with the Trump administration's decision to allow sale of Nvidia H20 advanced AI chips to China again.
The the letter calls the decision a 'Strategic Misstep'. It claims that the decision will have detrimental effects on the US' AI 'edge' for both military and civilian use cases and went on to add that selling Nvidia H20 chips in China will worsen the existing AI chip bottleneck in the US and that these chips could be used to support China's military.
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