The manager said that for chips like the H20, demand depends heavily on large corporations, which are reluctant to buy the products of Nvidia, a United States-based semiconductor company, after the Cyberspace Administration of China summoned the US company for alleged cybersecurity threats in late July.

Nvidia was edging up early on Wednesday. After worries about sales of its artificial-intelligence chips in China, it got good news about continuing demand for AI hardware in the U.S. Nvidia shares were up 0.

The U.S. has given the green light for Nvidia to reenter the China AI chip market, but the Chinese government is flashing a red light.