"Nvidia Developing New China-Exclusive AI Chip More Powerful Than H20"

by Oh Suyon

Published 20 Aug.2025 06:44(KST)

Reuters reported on August 19 (local time) that Nvidia is developing a new AI chip with more powerful performance than the H20 chip, which is currently permitted for export to China.

According to sources, this new chip, called 'B30A', is expected to be based on Nvidia's latest Blackwell architecture and will likely adopt a 'single die' design. The single die design implements all the core elements of a semiconductor circuit on a single piece of silicon, rather than dividing them across multiple dies. Its computing performance is estimated to be about half that of Nvidia's flagship B300, which uses a dual die design.

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The chip is also expected to feature Nvidia's NVLink technology, which supports high-bandwidth memory and fast data transfer between the memory and processor. This feature is also present in the earlier Hopper architecture-based H20.

While the chip's specifications have not yet been finalized, sources said that Nvidia plans to provide test samples to Chinese customers as early as next month.

Nvidia stated, "We are evaluating a range of products to prepare for competition within the scope permitted by the government," adding, "All the products we offer have been approved by the relevant authorities and are designed solely for beneficial commercial purposes."

According to several other sources, Nvidia is also preparing to launch a separate China-exclusive new chip based on Blackwell, designed specifically for AI inference tasks.

Previously, in May, Reuters reported that this chip, named 'RTX6000D', would be sold at a lower price than the H20 due to its lower specifications and simpler manufacturing requirements.

This chip is designed to meet the thresholds set by the US government and uses conventional GDDR memory, providing a memory bandwidth of 1,398 GB per second. This is lower than the 1.4 TB threshold set when the H20 export ban was imposed in April.