NVIDIA's China-Specific RTX 6000D Fails to Attract Buyers
NVIDIA's strategy for the Chinese market is facing a major blow as its newly-launched RTX 6000D workstation GPU appears to have been snubbed by the reputed Chinese enterprises. Reports claim that the companies find the GPU's performance substandard and hence no orders have been placed.
Why Chinese Firms Avoided the RTX 6000D
The most glaring factor responsible for the lukewarm reception is that much of the computing power available to Chinese AI companies exceeds what could be attained commercially with the RTX 6000D. According to a report by Reuters, some firms have retrofitted older enterprise-grade systems, or otherwise relied on grey-market channels for better hardware, leaving the RTX 6000D an unattractive proposition.
This condition manifests that the objective hasn't been achieved by the RTX 6000D since Chinese tech giants still expect NVIDIA to process their orders into the much-coveted H20 AI chip as soon as regulatory approvals get obtained.
A Major Product Launched Poorly
The RTX 6000D is NVIDIA's first Blackwell-based GPU specifically for China; it has the following features:
- TSMC's 4nm process technology.
- GDDR7 memory.
- Memory bandwidth of approximately 1,100 GB/s.
NVIDIA usually targets two million sales units for the RTX 6000D to make up for the cost of its H20 AI chip, which is under restriction. Alas, market feedback is dire for achieving this target.
What Next from NVIDIA with Myriads in China
There are reports that NVIDIA pushes to sell its B30A AI chips to Chinese customers. The B30A is another Blackwell chip but is configured with a more powerful dual-chiplet with 8-Hi HBM3E memory, doubling up what the H20 offers for an impressive performance bump.
Regulatory frameworks remain the biggest challenge. It is expected that getting approval from the Trump administration for the sale of a much more competitive solution such as the B30A will be a tough nut to crack. Ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and US regulations continue to shape the reduced performance offering of AI that NVIDIA has to make available.
