Nvidia is pitching Chinese customers on its new Vera central processing units for AI data centers, telling them the chips could be available as soon as August and that orders can begin now, Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖
The push gives Nvidia another potential route into the China market after sales of its graphics processors were squeezed by U.S. export controls and Beijing’s own scrutiny of foreign AI chips.
Vera is Nvidia’s first standalone data-center CPU built for agentic AI. The company said the chip is already in full production and is faster than rival processors. Chinese cloud companies have expressed interest in Vera, according to Reuters. AI agents require far more CPU power to run, plan and coordinate tasks, and have been in short supply in China.
CPUs may be easier to sell into China than graphics processors because U.S. export restrictions targeted mainly high-end graphic processors, not general-purpose CPUs. It remains unclear if Nvidia would need an export license to sell advanced CPUs like Vera.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang previously hinted that the company’s CPUs are available to Chinese customers. Asked by reporters in Taipei last month whether Nvidia’s CPU market forecast included China, Huang said, “I would think so,” Reuters reported.
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Exclusive: Nvidia begins Vera CPU sales pitch to Chinese clients, sources say
Nvidia has told Chinese clients that its new "Vera" central processors for AI data centres could be available as soon as August and that they can begin placing orders, three sources familiar with the matter said.