Nvidia reportedly plans to release new AI chip designed for China
Nvidia seems determined to find a way to sell AI chips in China despite the US export restrictions.
The semiconductor giant is planning to launch an AI chip in September, specifically for the Chinese market, as Originally reported by the Financial Times.
This AI chip is said to be based on Nvidia’s Blackwell RTX Pro 6000 -Processor, which has already been changed to meet the existing AI chip restrictions, the Financial times added. These chips would not include high-band width memory or nvlink, Nvidia’s high-speed but low latency communication interface, both characteristics of the company’s advanced AI chips.
Last month Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said that the company would no longer include the Chinese market in its turnover and profit forecasts. Perhaps that is a short -lived change.
Nvidia refused to comment on the news.
A Nvidia spokesperson added: “With the current export controls we are effective from the China DataCenter market, which is now only operated by competitors such as Huawei. China has one of the largest populations of developers in the world, creating open-source foundation models and the best-to-military applications are used worldwide. Ai Stack. “
