Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, announced on the 15th that the U.S. government has officially approved the sale of NVIDIA’s artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the H20, to China, which had previously been restricted. According to China Central Television (CCTV), Huang stated in an interview that “the U.S. government has approved our exports, allowing us to ship. We will now sell the H20 to the Chinese market.”
He added, “I am very much looking forward to quickly shipping the H20. This is very, very good news.”
Huang also revealed, “We have decided to launch a new graphics card called ‘RTX Pro,'” which he emphasized is significant as it is specifically designed for computer graphics, digital twins, and AI.
Reuters reported that the RTX Pro is a China-specific GPU designed to fully comply with U.S. export controls.
NVIDIA confirmed these developments through its company blog, announcing that they had applied for a permit to resume H20 sales from the U.S. government and would soon begin product supply.
NVIDIA had been supplying the H20 model, which has lower specifications than its latest AI chips, to China. However, the company strongly opposed the decision when the Trump administration restricted even these exports last April, citing national security concerns.