Nvidia’s RTX6000D, its newest artificial intelligence chip tailored for the Chinese market, has seen only lukewarm demand with some major tech firms opting not to place orders, two people with knowledge of procurement discussions said. The RTX6000D, designed mainly for AI inference tasks, is seen as expensive for what it does, the two people said. They added that testing of samples showed its performance lags the RTX5090 – a chip banned by the U.S. for use in China but which is still readily available through grey market channels at less than half the RTX6000D’s price of around 50,000 yuan ($7,000). Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, are also waiting for clarity on whether orders for Nvidia’s H20 chip will be processed, separate sources said earlier this month. The U.S. firm regained permission to sell the H20 in July but shipments have yet to restart. Additionally, the firms are hoping that Nvidia’s B30A – a much more powerful chip than the H20 – will be approved by Washington.

Full exclusive : Nvidia’s China-only RTX 6000D receives lukewarm demand, with some seeing it as expensive given its performance lags the RTX 5090.