Nvidia’s Founder and CEO Jensen Huang said he does not believe the Chinese government will make a formal declaration that it has allowed Chinese companies to import the chipmaker’s H200 GPUs but that proof will come through purchase orders, Reuters reported.
“My expectation is that we’re not expecting any press releases or any large declarations,” Huang said, after noting that demand for the H200 chips was strong from Chinese companies, the report added.
“It’s just going to be purchase orders. If the purchase orders come, it’s because they’re able to place purchase orders,” said Huang during a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, 2026 in Las Vegas.
Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump approved the sale of some advanced AI chips, including Nvidia’s H200 graphics processing units, or GPUs, to China. The H200 is the predecessor to its current flagship Blackwell chips and the upcoming Vera Rubin.
On Tuesday, Nvidia’s CFO Colette Kress told analysts during a meeting at CES 2026 in Las Vegas on Monday that license applications for the H200 have been filed and the government is deciding what it wants to do with them. Huang had described the demand for the chips as strong.
Nvidia has called for $500B in sales from its current Blackwell chips and the upcoming Vera Rubin computing platform by the end of this year. Kress said there have “already been discussions” about data center buildouts with customers for 2027 but did not give sales guidance, the report added.
Huang noted that demand for Nvidia products is high across the board.
“I’m fully expecting a really giant year for our business with TSMC,” Huang said, referring to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), which makes most of Nvidia’s chips, the report noted.