Nvidia announced plans to begin mass production of the H20 chip in Q2 2024, a lower-power variant designed to comply with US export controls targeting advanced AI processors. The H20 is the most capable of three new China-focused chips (H20, L20, L2) that Nvidia developed after October 2023 restrictions barred shipments of its flagship A800 and H800 models. This represents Nvidia's third iteration of export-compliant chip design for China in roughly 15 months, following the A800/H800 launch in November 2022. For financial institutions, this signals sustained but progressively constrained revenue capture from the China market, with each iteration requiring silicon redesign and likely yielding lower-margin products.
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