Group 1 - Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang revealed that the company is negotiating with the U.S. government regarding the export of a new AI chip to China, named B30A, which is expected to outperform the previous H20 chip [1] - The H20 chip was designed as a "downgraded version" of Nvidia's flagship H100 chip, with performance only 15%-30% of the H100, and was subject to U.S. export controls [1] - In July, it was reported that Nvidia would resume sales of the H20 chip in China after receiving approval from the Trump administration, which included a requirement for Nvidia to pay 15% of its sales revenue from China to the U.S. government [1] Group 2 - The B30A chip is based on Nvidia's latest Blackwell architecture and is expected to have half the original computing power of the flagship B300 chip, featuring high bandwidth memory and NVLink technology for high-speed data transfer [2] - Concerns regarding potential "backdoor" vulnerabilities in the H20 chip have led to discussions about U.S. companies cooperating with the government to avoid export restrictions [2] - Nvidia has instructed key suppliers, including Samsung and Anker, to halt production related to the H20 chip amid ongoing U.S. export control measures against China [4]
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