The Nvidia booth on the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on July 16, 2025.
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Nvidia said Tuesday that it’s evaluating several products following a report that the corporate is working on a brand new artificial intelligence chip for China that’s more powerful than the currently available H20.
The brand new product, tentatively called the B30A, is predicted to be based on Nvidia’s Blackwell chip architecture, Reuters reported, citing people acquainted with the corporate’s plans. Nvidia hopes to deliver sample units to Chinese clients for testing as soon as next month, based on Reuters.
“We evaluate a wide range of products for our roadmap, in order that we could be prepared to compete to the extent that governments allow,” the corporate told CNBC in a press release. “The whole lot we provide is with the complete approval of the applicable authorities and designed solely for useful business use.”
Shares of Nvidia slipped greater than 3% Tuesday together with the broader market.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday praised Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and said he would not be surprised if Huang desires to sell a brand new chip to China.
“I’m sure he’s pitching the president on a regular basis,” Lutnick said in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” “I’ve listened to him pitch the president, and the president listens to our great technology firms, and he’ll determine how he desires to play it.”
Earlier this month, Nvidia and rival Advanced Micro Devices agreed to provide the U.S. government a 15% cut of their sales in China, in exchange for permission to resume selling chips within the region.
The Trump administration halted the sale of advanced computer chips to China in April over national security concerns. Nvidia built its China-specific H20 chip after the Biden administration implemented export controls on AI chips in 2023, while AMD developed the MI308 chip for the Chinese market.
President Donald Trump said last week that he originally requested a 20% cut of Nvidia’s sales, but that Huang negotiated the number right down to 15%.
Trump suggested on the time that he can be open to Nvidia selling a significantly scaled-down version of its advanced Blackwell chip in China.
“It’s possible I’d make a deal” on a “somewhat enhanced — in a negative way — Blackwell” processor, Trump said. “In other words, take 30% to 50% off of it.”
— CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos contributed to this report.
