US President Donald Trump said he may let Nvidia sell a downgraded version of its new Blackwell AI chip to China. Nvidia Blackwell. Nvidia’s H20, based on the older Hopper generation, is the most capable chip the company can ship there right now. According to an exclusive Bloomberg report, Beijing has reportedly been telling state enterprises and private firms to avoid Nvidia’s H20 chips in sensitive or government-related work. What this could mean for Blackwell chips remains unclear, though any Chinese skepticism toward the H20 could carry over to a downgraded Blackwell too.