Chinese acceptance of the H200 would be shown via purchase orders rather than a public proclamation, according to the CEO of Nvidia.

Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, stated on Tuesday that he does not think the Chinese government would formally announce that it has permitted Chinese companies to import the H200 chips made by the American company; instead, purchase orders will serve as proof.

“My expectation is that we’re not expecting any press releases or any large declarations,” Huang said, after saying that demand for the H200 chips was strong among Chinese customers.

“It’s just going to be purchase orders. If the purchase orders come, it’s because they’re able to place purchase orders,” Huang said during a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would permit Nvidia to sell the H200, the forerunner to its current flagship “Blackwell” chips, and lifted a long-standing ban on sending cutting-edge AI chips to China. The U.S. government is “working feverishly” on licensing applications for Nvidia to send its H200 chips to China, but the company does not yet know when they will be authorized, according to Nvidia CFO Colette Kress, who made this statement earlier on Tuesday in an interview with a JPMorgan analyst.

“We’re going to wait and see what will happen,” Kress said of the applications.At the press conference, Huang said that Nvidia is ramping up H200 chips for Chinese firms. “The customer demand is high – quite high,” Huang said. “We’ve fired up our supply chain, and H200s are flowing through the line.” 

The next “Vera Rubin” generation of Nvidia’s AI computer systems will be comprised of six new processors, which the company announced on Monday are in full production. Kress stated that “we feel very solid” about the condition of its supply chain but declined to comment on whether Nvidia was seeing any particular difficulties as it increased output.By the end of this year, Nvidia hopes to have $500 billion in revenue from both its next Vera Rubin chips and its current “Blackwell” generation. Although Kress did not offer sales advice, he stated that there have “already been discussions” with clients regarding data center buildouts for 2027.

All Nvidia products are in strong demand, according to Huang. “I’m fully expecting a really giant year for our business with TSMC,” Huang said, referring to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, which makes most of Nvidia’s chips.