NVIDIA to release China version of RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell in September 2025, improved to comply with President Trump's strict export controls
by
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to visit Beijing in July 2025 to meet with Chinese government officials, reports the Financial Times. The visit is ahead of the company's plans to launch an AI chip designed based on the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell in September 2025 to avoid US export restrictions, and is intended to reaffirm the company's commitment to the Chinese market.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang plans Beijing trip ahead of new China AI chip launch
https://www.ft.com/content/e496f80f-1789-46b3-9275-a3f54344047e
China Plans to Deploy 115,000 NVIDIA AI GPUs Across 36 Data Centers | TechPowerUp
https://www.techpowerup.com/338828/china-plans-to-deploy-115-000-nvidia-ai-gpus-across-36-data-centers
The new AI chip is reportedly designed to comply with the stricter export control regulations of the United States, and is based on NVIDIA's Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 processor, omitting support for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and NVLink , which enables faster data transfer. NVIDIA has asked the Trump administration for assurances that the new AI chip will not violate export control regulations, and if assurances are not obtained, the chip design may be further changed.
Behind these moves is the importance of the Chinese market. China is NVIDIA's fourth-largest market, with revenues of $17.1 billion, or 13% of the total, according to the company's annual report for fiscal year 2025. Huang previously described U.S. export controls that limit China's access to AI chips as a 'failure,' pointing out that they have accelerated Chinese companies' development of their own products. He also noted that NVIDIA's market share in China has fallen from 95% four years ago to 50%.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang calls US chip export restrictions a 'failure,' as Chinese market share falls from 95% to 50% in four years - GIGAZINE
Meanwhile, demand for NVIDIA hardware is also growing in China. A major Chinese AI company has revealed ambitious plans to build 36 data centers in the country's western desert to house more than 115,000 NVIDIA AI processors. Companies are looking to acquire NVIDIA's flagship products, such as the H100 and H200 , through third-party suppliers, but U.S. export restrictions prohibit them from acquiring these high-performance processors through official channels.
In the face of uncertain US policies, there are concerns in China about excessive reliance on NVIDIA products. Major Chinese companies such as Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent are testing replacement chips with those made by domestic manufacturers such as Huawei. Nevertheless, demand for NVIDIA products remains high, even with the newer, less powerful chips, because AI learning and inference processes can be most efficiently performed on hardware with NVIDIA chips and the CUDA platform.
By Jonathan Rees
Huang is also seeking to meet with senior Chinese government officials, including Premier Li Qiang, during his visit as he seeks to maintain his position in overseas markets amid geopolitical tensions.
in Hardware, Posted by log1i_yk