China's military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban

Open this photo in gallery: This photo provided by the chipmaker Nvidia shows the company's HGX H100 module, which can use as many as eight AI chips to train artificial intelligence systems and perform other tasks.The Canadian Press Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. from export to China, a Reuters review of tender documents show. The sales by largely unknown Chinese suppliers highlight the difficulties Washington faces, despite its bans, in completely cutting off China's access to advanced U.S. chips that…