Nvidia to renew H20 GPU chip gross sales to Beijing, launches China-compliant mannequin

(Reuters) -Nvidia (NVDA) mentioned on Monday that it’s going to resume gross sales of its H20 graphics processing unit (GPU) chips to China and has launched a brand new mannequin tailor-made to satisfy regulatory necessities within the Chinese language market.

In line with an organization weblog submit, Nvidia is submitting purposes to renew H20 gross sales with the U.S. authorities and expects to get the licenses quickly. Deliveries are anticipated to start shortly thereafter.

The corporate introduced a brand new RTX Professional GPU designed particularly for China. Nvidia described the mannequin as “absolutely compliant” and appropriate for digital twin AI purposes in sectors equivalent to sensible factories and logistics.

The chipmaker’s CEO Jensen Huang met with U.S. President Donald Trump and policymakers in Washington and later with officers in Beijing, as a part of efforts to advertise AI cooperation and spotlight Nvidia’s assist for open-source analysis and world AI improvement, the corporate mentioned.

In Could, Reuters reported that the corporate was planning to launch a downgraded model of its H20 synthetic intelligence chip for China following U.S. export restrictions on the unique mannequin.

(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Modifying by Sumana Nandy)