Nvidia will launch a new AI chip for China in September, modified to meet US export rules
The post Nvidia will launch a new AI chip for China in September, modified to meet US export rules appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is traveling to Beijing next week to present a modified version of the company’s Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 chip. The launch is planned for September, and the chip was developed specifically to meet US President Donald Trump’s new export restrictions. The plan was reported by the Financial Times, which spoke with multiple people familiar with Nvidia’s current strategy in China. The new product is stripped of features that violate Washington’s export laws; most notably, it removes high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and NVLink, which are used to improve data transfer speeds. Nvidia is taking a more cautious approach this time, hoping to avoid a repeat of the April debacle when its H20 chip got caught in an export crackdown, resulting in a $5.5 billion write-down. Huang to meet China’s premier and vice-premier in Beijing While in the capital, Jensen plans to attend the International Supply Chain Expo starting Wednesday, where he’s also pushing for meetings with senior Chinese officials. He’s requesting talks with Premier Li Qiang, which would be his highest-level meeting in China so far. He’s also trying to reconnect with Vice Premier He Lifeng, whom he spoke with in April during a previous visit. As of now, those meetings are still pending Beijing’s approval. Jensen’s visit is a direct response to worsening geopolitical pressure. Speaking at the Computex conference in Taiwan in May, he called Trump’s restrictions on AI chip exports “a failure” and claimed that these policies were only speeding up China’s efforts to develop homegrown AI technology. He also said Nvidia’s market share in China had dropped from 95% to 50% in four years. Despite those numbers, the company still sees major opportunity in China, which it estimates could become a $50 billion AI market. The company is trying to maintain a…
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Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is traveling to Beijing next week to present a modified version of the company’s Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 chip. The launch is planned for September, and the chip was developed specifically to meet US President Donald Trump’s new export restrictions. The plan was reported by the Financial Times, which spoke with multiple people familiar with Nvidia’s current strategy in China. The new product is stripped of features that violate Washington’s export laws; most notably, it removes high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and NVLink, which are used to improve data transfer speeds. Nvidia is taking a more cautious approach this time, hoping to avoid a repeat of the April debacle when its H20 chip got caught in an export crackdown, resulting in a $5.5 billion write-down. Huang to meet China’s premier and vice-premier in Beijing While in the capital, Jensen plans to attend the International Supply Chain Expo starting Wednesday, where he’s also pushing for meetings with senior Chinese officials. He’s requesting talks with Premier Li Qiang, which would be his highest-level meeting in China so far. He’s also trying to reconnect with Vice Premier He Lifeng, whom he spoke with in April during a previous visit. As of now, those meetings are still pending Beijing’s approval. Jensen’s visit is a direct response to worsening geopolitical pressure. Speaking at the Computex conference in Taiwan in May, he called Trump’s restrictions on AI chip exports “a failure” and claimed that these policies were only speeding up China’s efforts to develop homegrown AI technology. He also said Nvidia’s market share in China had dropped from 95% to 50% in four years. Despite those numbers, the company still sees major opportunity in China, which it estimates could become a $50 billion AI market. The company is trying to maintain a…
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