The Nvidia booth at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on July 16, 2025.<\/p>\n
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Nvidia<\/a> said Tuesday that it is evaluating several products following a report that the company is working on a new artificial intelligence<\/a> chip for China that is more powerful than the currently available H20<\/a>.<\/p>\n The new product, tentatively called the B30A, is expected to be based on Nvidia’s Blackwell<\/a> chip architecture, Reuters<\/a> reported, citing people familiar with the company’s plans. Nvidia hopes to deliver sample units to Chinese clients for testing as soon as next month, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n “We evaluate a variety of products for our roadmap, so that we can be prepared to compete to the extent that governments allow,” the company told CNBC in a statement. “Everything we offer is with the full approval of the applicable authorities and designed solely for beneficial commercial use.”<\/p>\n Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday praised Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang<\/a> and said he wouldn’t be surprised if Huang wants to sell a new chip to China.<\/p>\n “I’m sure he’s pitching the president all the time,” Lutnick said in an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”<\/a> “I’ve listened to him pitch the president, and the president listens to our great technology companies, and he’ll decide how he wants to play it.”<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Nvidia and rival Advanced Micro Devices<\/a> agreed to give the U.S. government a 15% cut of their sales in China, in exchange for being able to resume<\/a> selling chips in the region.<\/p>\n The Trump administration halted the sale of advanced computer chips to China in April over national security concerns. Nvidia built its Chinese-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.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump said<\/a> last week that he originally requested 20% cut of Nvidia’s sales, but that Huang negotiated the number down to 15%.<\/p>\n