Nvidia, Trump administration in talks over new chip for China

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing with the Trump administration a potential new computer chip designed for China.

- By ELAINE KURTENBACH

NVIDIA'S Jensen Huang said the company will offer a new chip model to China, pending U.S. approval.

Huangwas asked about a possible “B30A” semiconductor for artificial intelligence data centers for China while on a visit to Taiwan, where he was meeting Nvidia’s key manufacturing partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., the world’s largest chipmaker.

“I'm offering a new product to China for ... AI data centers, the follow-on to H20,” Huang said. But, he added, “That’s not our decision to make. It’s up to, of course, the United States government. And we're in dialogue with them, but it’s too soon to know.”

Such chips are graphics processing units, or GPUs, a type of device used to build and update a range of AI systems. But they are less powerful than Nvidia's top semiconductors today, which cannot be sold to China due to U.S. national security restrictions.

The B30A, based on California-based Nvidia's specialized Blackwell technology, isreported to operate at about half the speed of Nvidia’s main B300 chips.