Nvidia is resuming sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China and expects to receive U.S. government licenses shortly. A new chip, "RTX Pro," designed for the Chinese market, is introduced as fully compliant with regulations. The H20 chip is powerful enough to be sold legally to China and is intended for running existing AI models. Recent stockpiling by Chinese tech firms like ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent occurred due to anticipated stricter export controls. The Trump administration previously imposed and then reversed restrictions targeting performance thresholds for these chips.
The regulatory back-and-forth began in April when the Trump administration restricted H20 sales, potentially costing Nvidia $15 billion to $16 billion in revenue.
Nvidia is also introducing a new 9RT Pro9 chip designed specifically for the Chinese market, calling it 9fully compliant9 with regulations and ideal for digital manufacturing applications.
Chinese tech giants including ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent had been aggressively stockpiling these chips in the first three months of this year in anticipation of stricter export controls.
While not Nvidia's most advanced AI processor, the H20 is the most powerful chip the company can legally sell to China under existing export controls.
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