Nvidia may sell more chips in China as Jensen Huang's influence over Trump grows
China is weighing relaxed controls that would let Alibaba and ByteDance import Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips for AI servers. ByteDance plans to order 1 million chips, securing two quarters of Nvidia's projected sales. Export controls were not discussed at the Trump–Xi summit.
- China asked Alibaba and ByteDance for plans to buy Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips
- ByteDance plans to order 1 million chips, equal to two quarters of Nvidia sales
- H200 sales in China accounted for under 1% of Nvidia data center revenue
- Nvidia took a $400 million hit on unsold H200 chips in H1 2026
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