{"id":682357,"date":"2026-05-20T17:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/682357\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:33:20","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/682357\/","title":{"rendered":"China banned Nvidia 5090D V2 while CEO Jensen Huang was in town, report claims \u2014 move comes as Beijing pushes its AI tech companies to use homegrown chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

China reportedly banned Nvidia’s RTX 5090D V2, an export-friendly version of its top-end RTX 5090 GPU<\/a>, while CEO Jensen Huang was visiting the country as part of President Donald Trump’s state visit last week, the Financial Times<\/a> reports. The report claims the chip has been added to a list of banned goods at Chinese customs. Huang was a late addition to Trump\u2019s entourage last week, boarding Air Force One in Alaska after he was initially not included on the President\u2019s guest list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FT cites a document confirming the chip was added to the list, as well as two people “with knowledge of the matter,” stating that the card was added to the list on Friday, May 15.<\/p>\n

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The Nvidia RTX 5090D V2<\/a> is a version of the company\u2019s top-of-the-line gaming GPU designed to comply with U.S. export controls. This graphics card, which has less VRAM and lower bandwidth compared to the vanilla 5090, is designed for Chinese gamers and 3D artists. However, AI developers have also been taking advantage of this relatively powerful GPU, especially as they\u2019ve been cut off from Nvidia\u2019s more potent Blackwell-powered AI GPUs.<\/p>\n

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The most powerful Nvidia AI processors available to Chinese firms at the moment are H200 chips, which Trump approved for export to China<\/a> in a surprise move in late 2025. But despite that, Beijing refuses to give its AI companies the green light<\/a> to purchase these GPUs. Instead, the central government wants them to buy domestically manufactured chips, allowing Huawei to leapfrog Nvidia\u2019s market share position in the country.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s alleged move to ban the RTX 5090D V2 while Trump and Jensen were still in town, paired with the continuing restriction on H200s, may be Beijing\u2019s signal to the U.S. that it does not need its de-fanged AI chips. This is what the Nvidia chief is worried about \u2014 that if Chinese AI firms start ditching the American tech stack, the U.S. will lose its hardware advantage in the AI race. Still, others argue that the United States\u2019 rivals shouldn\u2019t have access to its latest technologies, as they can potentially be used to close America\u2019s technological edge when it comes to defense and the military. Tom’s Hardware has reached out to Nvidia for comment on this report, and we’ll update this story accordingly if it responds.<\/p>\n

Both those for exporting American AI chips to China and those against giving them access to this advanced hardware have valid points, but we can only know which side is right years, if not decades, from now. The Nvidia chief remains hopeful, though, saying on Bloomberg TV, \u201cMy sense is that over time, the market will open.\u201d<\/p>\n

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