Nvidia to Sell B30A to China: More Capable Than H20, But Half the Power of B300

Nvidia is developing a new cut-down version of its Blackwell Ultra B300 flagship AI platform for sale in the Chinese market, according to Reuters' sources. Although the B30A will be far faster than existing H20 platforms that are sold to China, it will still be around half the performance of the B300.

The sale of AI training and inference hardware from the US to China has been a major point of contention in the ongoing trade tariff war between the two nations and an example of the global drive towards semiconductor and AI self-sufficiency. However, news recently broke that Trump had approved the sale of more advanced hardware, but with an additional 15% tax on the profits companies like Nvidia and AMD made doing so.

The new Nvidia CPU would come under that tax, though it would likely be incredibly profitable anyway. Although China is looking to source more of ...