{"id":13980,"date":"2026-01-15T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-firms-to-incur-higher-costs-for-deploying-ai-chips-from-us-analysts\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:30:33","slug":"chinese-firms-to-incur-higher-costs-for-deploying-ai-chips-from-us-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-firms-to-incur-higher-costs-for-deploying-ai-chips-from-us-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese firms to incur higher costs for deploying AI chips from US: analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/15\/84840000-64c8-49d2-96ed-205aa8c84c9a_e5ed1148.jpg?itok=d7wrs_Dn&amp;v=1768474934\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.4246575342466\">Chinese companies are expected to shoulder higher costs for deploying advanced chips from the US, owing to a new 25 per cent tariff imposed by Washington on select high-performance <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">semiconductors<\/span>, according to analysts.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the White House directive, US reliance on foreign semiconductor supply chains posed a national security and economic risk.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"13.051359516616\">The new tariff appeared to encourage increased domestic chip production and reduce US dependence on foreign manufacturing hubs such as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Taiwan<\/span>. This implied that chips made by contract foundries, such as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co<\/span>, could not be shipped directly to mainland China, but must first be routed through the US.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.813813813814\">The directive was announced a day after the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Bureau of Industry and Security<\/span> (BIS), under the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">US Department of Commerce<\/span>, gave a conditional approval for Nvidia to sell its H200 chips in China. The US required every H200 shipment to undergo independent, third-party testing in the US to verify performance specifications before export.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;Essentially, we could be seeing the long-discussed 25 per cent US government &lsquo;cut&rsquo; on H200 and MI325X revenue being put into practice,&rdquo; said Chim Lee, a senior analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Chinese firms to incur higher costs for deploying AI chips from US: analysts<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese companies are expected to shoulder higher costs for deploying advanced chips from the US, owing to a new 25 per cent tariff imposed by Washington on select high-performance semiconductors, according to analysts. According to the White House directive, US reliance on foreign semiconductor supply chains posed a national security and economic risk. 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