By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – According to media investigation reports on Wednesday stated that China is still buying the most powerful and capable NVIDIA AI chips despite being on the US export blacklist,.

The investigation has found that China continues to obtain powerful Nvidia H200 AI chips despite US export restrictions.

The news agency reported that a Chinese university with links to the army bought two powerful Nvidia H200 chips last month for an estimated cost of $123,000.

Northwestern Polytechnical University, a member of China’s “Seven Sons of National Defense” group of elite defence-focused universities, bought two H200 chips, media reported.

According to billing records, the two H200 chips were bought by the university via Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology, and not directly from Nvidia.

The chips were bought for the varsity’s business school. The varsity is associated with high-tech military-oriented research into aircraft, satellites and missiles

The revelation came after a huge furore over allegations that Nvidia CEO Jensen Hunag was honey trapped by a Chinese woman operative, which is being linked to his lobbying for easier restrictions on chip sales to China.

Hunag has argued for a looser ban on chip exports to China, cited the logic that sales to Beijing would keep the Chinese dependent on the US, giving the latter a better leverage.

The Northwestern Polytechnic University was added to the export blacklist in 2001. It has been put on what is called the Entity List.

Nvidia CEO Huang returned to his regular executive meetings at the company’s Santa Clara headquarters this week, acknowledged his extramarital affair, but taking no questions from senior staff, even as the chipmaker appointed a former federal prosecutor to investigate allegations that Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation.

Huang opened a closed-door meeting with an apology before moving to the day’s business agenda, media reported, cited people familiar with the gathering.

He was back in the office on Tuesday, conducted meetings ahead of Nvidia’s quarterly earnings announcement.