However, that plan ultimately fell through. CEO Jensen Huang has stated that the H20’s underlying Hopper architecture can no longer be adjusted to meet the latest U.S. export restrictions. The name of the new GPU, expected to launch as early as June, has not yet been confirmed by Reuters.
Nvidia’s attempts towards making this chip feels more like necessity rather than innovation. With U.S. export curbs tightening around Nvidia and Huawei growing rapidly, Nvidia’s rushed attempt to push a watered-down GPU into the Chinese market highlights how vulnerable even tech giants can be when geopolitics trumps engineering.