NVIDIA is reportedly throwing in the proverbial towel on its China-specific H20 GPU as a number of potent headwinds coalesce to erode the economic rationale for continued production.
For the benefit of those who might not be aware, the Trump administration recently allowed NVIDIA to resume shipments of its H20 GPUs in return for a 15 percent cut of the GPU manufacturer's sales in China.
Bear in mind that the Trump administration had virtually halted NVIDIA's ability to ship H20 GPUs to China back in April after it imposed stringent licensing requirements, which then prompted NVIDIA to eliminate the entirety of its China-based TAM. As a result, the company lost around $4.5 billion in its April-ending quarter from inventory write-offs and the associated purchase commitments, and a further $8 billion in potential revenue.
Do note that NVIDIA earned 13 percent of its total sales - equivalent to around $17 billion - from China in its previous fiscal year that ended on the 26th of January 2025. NVIDIA has previously stated that its annual revenue opportunity in China stands at $50 billion
This brings us to the crux of the topic. The Information is now reporting that NVIDIA has asked some of its component suppliers to halt ongoing work related to the H20 GPUs, which alludes to the company's purported belief in the futility of continuing production.
This development comes as China's politburo has become increasingly sensitive to perceptions of becoming "addicted to [the] American technology stack," an ancillary aim of the Trump administration as recently espoused by the US Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick.
As an illustration of this emerging paradigm shift, consider the fact that China is now actively discouraging its tech companies from purchasing NVIDIA's H20 GPUs amid fears of backdoor spyware, threatening to impose sweeping bans on the use of the chip.
Meanwhile, NVIDIA is preparing its next-gen B30 chip to replace the H20. However, given the current adverse mood of the Chinese politburo towards NVIDIA, it remains to be seen if the GPU manufacture would be able to salvage its foothold in the world's second-largest economy.
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