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(Image credit: Nvidia) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Nvidia has refuted the rumor that it would require full advanced payment for H200 orders from its Chinese customers . The AI chip maker stated that it will not ask its clients to completely pay for an item that it has yet to receive. “We do not require upfront payment and would never require customers to pay for products that they do not receive,” an Nvidia spokesperson said in an email to Tom’s Hardware .
Nvidia's comment was first reported by Reuters . According to that report, one source claimed that Nvidia had previously required advanced payments from Chinese clients, sometimes only a deposit instead of a full upfront payment. The article claims that because it's unclear whether Beijing will allow its tech companies to purchase Nvidia H200 GPUs , the company has been "particularly strict" in enforcing these conditions to reduce financial risk.
Even though China-based tech giants like Alibaba and ByteDance are reportedly ready to order over 200,000 of these chips each , the H200 is a last-generation chip that has since been superseded by the Blackwell family. Aside from that, Nvidia has already announced the succeeding Vera Rubin architecture , which is miles ahead in performance and efficiency over the previous-generation GPUs.
Nvidia to demand full upfront payment for H200 GPUs from China customers, report claims
Beijing tells companies to pause H200 purchases
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