China remains a huge market for Nvidia, accounting for 13% of its sales in the past financial year. It's the third time that Nvidia has had to tailor a GPU for the world's second-largest economy after restrictions from U.

Nvidia is reportedly developing another lower-cost AI chip for China, pricing it at US$6,500–8,000—well below its restricted H20 model. The new GPU, based on Blackwell architecture, is designed to comply with US export rules as Nvidia seeks to defend its market share amid tightening trade controls.

Semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is planning to launch a new chip in China under its Blackwell artificial intelligence (AI) line at a significantly lower price than its H20 model that has been subject to export controls,