Market Demand & Chip Development - Despite regulatory opposition, Chinese tech companies like Alibaba and ByteDance are showing strong interest in NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture B30A AI chip [1] - NVIDIA is developing the B30A AI chip for China based on the Blackwell architecture, offering enhanced performance compared to the H20 [1] - The B30A chip will feature a single-chip design, with its raw computing power potentially being half of the more complex dual-chip configuration found in the flagship B300 accelerator card [1] - NVIDIA aims to deliver B30A samples to Chinese customers for testing as early as next month [1] Pricing & Performance - The price of the B30A is expected to be twice that of the H20, which currently sells for $10,000 to $12,000 [1] - The performance of the B30A is expected to be more than six times that of the H20 [1]