Nvidia has reportedly begun requiring Chinese customers to pay the full amount upfront for its H200 artificial intelligence chips, reflecting heightened uncertainty around regulatory approvals in both China and the United States.  According to Reuters, the U.S. chipmaker has implemented unusually strict terms that leave no room for refunds, order cancellations, or configuration changes once a purchase is placed, even though Beijing has not yet formally approved shipments of

Nvidia is developing new location tracking software for its AI chips at a time when concerns about smuggling and unauthorized use in China are escalating.  According to multiple reports, the company has created location verification technology capable of identifying the country where a chip is operating by measuring computing performance and analyzing delays in communication between servers, which can reveal geographic distance. The feature draws on the confidential computin