Nvidia says it's evaluating a 'variety of products' after report of new AI chip for China

Nvidia said Tuesday that it is evaluating respective products pursuing a study that the institution is moving connected a caller artificial intelligence spot for China that is much almighty than the presently disposable H20.

The caller product, tentatively called the B30A, is expected to beryllium based connected Nvidia's Blackwell spot architecture, Reuters reported, citing radical acquainted with the company's plans. Nvidia hopes to present illustration units to Chinese clients for investigating arsenic soon arsenic adjacent month, according to Reuters.

"We measure a assortment of products for our roadmap, truthful that we tin beryllium prepared to vie to the grade that governments allow," the institution told CNBC successful a statement. "Everything we connection is with the afloat support of the applicable authorities and designed solely for beneficial commercialized use."

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick connected Tuesday praised Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and said helium wouldn't beryllium amazed if Huang wants to merchantability a caller spot to China.

"I'm definite he's pitching the president each the time," Lutnick said successful an interrogation with CNBC's "Squawk connected the Street." "I've listened to him transportation the president, and the president listens to our large exertion companies, and he'll determine however helium wants to play it."

Earlier this month, Nvidia and rival Advanced Micro Devices agreed to springiness the U.S. authorities a 15% chopped of their income successful China, successful speech for support to resume selling chips successful the region.

The Trump medication halted the merchantability of precocious machine chips to China successful April implicit nationalist information concerns. Nvidia built its China-specific H20 spot aft the Biden medication implemented export controls connected AI chips successful 2023, portion AMD developed the MI308 spot for the Chinese market.

President Donald Trump said past week that helium primitively requested a 20% chopped of Nvidia's sales, but that Huang negotiated the fig down to 15%.

Trump suggested astatine the clip that helium would beryllium unfastened to Nvidia selling a importantly scaled-down mentation of its precocious Blackwell spot successful China.

"It's imaginable I'd marque a deal" connected a "somewhat enhanced — successful a antagonistic mode — Blackwell" processor, Trump said. "In different words, instrumentality 30% to 50% disconnected of it."

— CNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos contributed to this report.