China banned Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was in town, report claims — move comes as Beijing pushes its AI tech companies to use homegrown chips
The RTX 5090D V2 GPU Nvidia specifically built for China to comply with U.S. export controls just received the ban hammer from Beijing. Although this GPU is primarily designed for gaming and 3D animation, it's also powerful enough that many AI developers also use it.
China is accelerating its push for technological self-reliance, particularly in AI, and is reacting to ongoing US export controls by actively blocking compliant, yet foreign-made, alternatives.
This move underscores China's commitment to developing an independent AI supply chain, creating significant market pressure for foreign chipmakers and boosting domestic alternatives.
China is now actively rejecting even 'dumbed-down' versions of foreign AI acceleration hardware, signaling a more aggressive stance on promoting homegrown chip solutions.
- · Chinese AI chip manufacturers
- · Chinese AI developers (long-term)
- · Chinese government
- · Nvidia
- · US chip exporters
- · Foreign high-tech companies reliant on the Chinese market
Nvidia loses a segment of its Chinese market for gaming/AI-capable GPUs designed to comply with US export rules.
Chinese AI and gaming companies will increasingly be forced or incentivized to integrate domestic GPU solutions, accelerating their development and adoption.
This could lead to a further divergence of hardware and software ecosystems within the global AI industry, with distinct US-aligned and China-aligned stacks.
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