Trump seeing green as he weighs deal to allow Nvidia Blackwell GPU sales to China

Nerfed versions of Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs could soon join its H20 on the list of AI accelerators approved for sale in China.

Speaking to the press on Monday, US President Donald Trump suggested he'd be willing to entertain a deal to allow shipments of an "enhanced" version of Nvidia's Blackwell chips. "In other words, take 30 percent to 50 percent off of it," Trump said, according to Bloomberg.

As we previously disclosed, AMD has reportedly entered into a similar arrangement regarding shipments of its own China-spec part, the MI308. In April, the Trump administration briefly blocked sales of the cards after it issued new restrictions on the export of high-end AI accelerators to China. 

The Trump admin lifted those restrictions in July, granting Nvidia and AMD export licenses allowing them to resume sales to Chinese customers. However, as we reported earlier this week, those licenses didn't ...