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Nvidia Readies Blackwell B30A for China as DeepSeek Shifts Off Huawei for Training

A new licensing framework and domestic chip quotas are reshaping how Chinese AI developers choose and deploy accelerators.

The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
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Overview

  • Reuters reports Nvidia is developing a China-focused Blackwell part, tentatively called B30A, using a single-die design with roughly half the B300’s compute and more performance than H20, with samples targeted as early as next month pending U.S. approval.
  • Sources also point to an RTX6000D card tuned for inference with 1,398 GB/s bandwidth, with small-batch deliveries to Chinese clients expected in September under existing export thresholds.
  • DeepSeek delayed its R2 model after repeated training failures on Huawei Ascend chips despite on-site support, then moved training to Nvidia hardware and kept Ascend for inference.
  • Chinese authorities have reportedly required publicly funded data centers to use more than 50% domestic chips, creating integration hurdles as teams translate CUDA-based stacks to Huawei’s CANN software.
  • Nvidia and AMD agreed to remit about 15% of China chip revenue to the U.S. in exchange for export licenses, and President Trump has signaled openness to scaled-down Blackwell sales while Chinese regulators scrutinize H20 purchases for security risks.