Story: Nvidia's RTX6000D -Chip is the latest artificial intelligence made to measure for the Chinese market.
But according to two people with knowledge of purchasing discussions, it only sees lukewarm requirements.
Where some major technology companies choose not to place orders.
The sources added that the chip is considered expensive for what it does.
And that the testing of samples left its performance behind, the RTX5090 – a chip that is forbidden by the US for use in China.
However, that chip is still immediately available through gray market channels.
Separate sources earlier this month said that Chinese technical giants, including Alibaba, Tencent and Bytedance, also wait for clarity about whether orders for the H20 chip of Nvidia will be processed.
The American company was given permission to sell the H20 in July, but shipments still have to restart.
Nvidia started sending the RTX6000D this week, according to one of the sources.
The access from China to advanced AI chips is one of the largest flash points in the American sino-trading voltages.
On the one hand, the US has withdrawn from its previous position of more serious export restrictions.
But Beijing has become increasingly enthusiastic for Chinese companies to switch to domestic chips.
On Monday (September 15), Beijing Nvidia accused the violation of the Chinese anti-monopoly legislation, which pronounced more uncertainty about his activities in the second largest economy in the world.
The relocation came together as delegations of both parties this week in Madrid to discuss a trade agreement.
