{"slug": "nvidia-denies-report-it-is-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-by-year-end", "title": "Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end", "summary": "Nvidia Corp. on Thursday (Aug 20) denied a report by The Information that it plans to begin shipping a language processing unit (LPU) tailored for Chinese customers by year-end, saying it has no China-specific version of the product on its roadmap. An Nvidia spokesperson stated, 'We have no LPU sales in the China market today, and no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap.' The denial comes amid reports that the company had planned small-batch shipments of an AI chip designed for Chinese customers, which would comply with US export-control rules.", "body_md": "# Nvidia denies report it is rolling out China AI chip by year-end\n\nNvidia‘s China business has been in flux in recent months\n\nNVIDIA on Thursday (Aug 20) denied a report by The Information that it plans to begin shipping a language processing unit (LPU) tailored for Chinese customers by year-end, saying it has no China-specific version of the product on its roadmap.\n\n“The reporting in The Information on Nvidia‘s LPU is incorrect. We have no LPU sales in the China market today, and no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap,” an Nvidia spokesperson said.\n\nReuters had reported in March that Nvidia was preparing a China-compatible version of AI chips, as it sought to compete in the fast-growing market for AI inference.\n\nEarlier on Thursday, The Information reported, citing two Nvidia employees, that the company planned to begin small-batch shipments of an artificial intelligence chip designed for Chinese customers by the end of the year and that several customers had already placed orders.\n\nAccording to the report, the chip was a version of Nvidia‘s LPU, a processor developed using technology licensed from startup Groq that works alongside graphics processing units (GPUs) to speed up AI chatbot responses.\n\nThe publication said the chip complied with US export-control rules and that Nvidia had modified software to allow the LPU to operate with processors available in China after its next-generation Vera Rubin AI system became unavailable to the market because of US restrictions.\n\nNvidia‘s China business has been in flux in recent months.\n\nWashington in May approved sales of the company’s H200 AI chips to a limited group of Chinese firms, including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, though deliveries only recently began. Nvidia has also been marketing its Vera CPU to Chinese customers.\n\nChief executive Jensen Huang had said in May that Nvidia had “largely conceded” China’s AI chip market to Huawei Technologies, which has emerged as the company’s main domestic rival. REUTERS\n\nDecoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.\n\nShare with us your feedback on BT's products and services\n\n[TRENDING NOW](/pulse?ref=trending-now)\n\nJapan Home closing outlets; staff say Valu$ taking over operations\n\nTimah Partners lands S$60 million facility from lenders including UOB, RHB\n\nComfortDelGro’s Zig to buy S$10 million worth of BYD cars for private-hire fleet\n\nHow BYD disrupted Singapore’s car market – and why the strategy is turning on itself", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-denies-report-it-is-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-by-year-end", "canonical_source": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/nvidia-denies-report-it-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-year-end", "published_at": "2026-08-20 22:57:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 23:14:22.542518+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Nvidia", "The Information", "Groq", "Alibaba", "Tencent", "ByteDance", "Huawei Technologies", "Jensen Huang"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-denies-report-it-is-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-by-year-end", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-denies-report-it-is-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-by-year-end.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-denies-report-it-is-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-by-year-end.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-denies-report-it-is-rolling-out-china-ai-chip-by-year-end.jsonld"}}