Nvidia has begun pitching its new "Vera" central processors to Chinese clients, telling them the AI data centre chips could be available as soon as August and that orders can now be placed, according to Reuters, which cited three sources familiar with the matter.
The move comes despite ongoing U.S. export controls that have restricted Nvidia's ability to sell its most powerful graphics processors — the chips that fuelled its meteoric rise — into China. The Vera is a CPU, or central processing unit, a different category of chip used in AI data centres alongside graphics processors.
According to IndexBox, orders for the Vera CPU are open now ahead of an expected August 2026 launch in China. Reuters was first to report the sales pitch, and the story was quickly picked up across financial media including Seeking Alpha and GuruFocus.
The news arrives as Nvidia's stock has been under pressure, with shares heading into a fourth consecutive week of losses, according to Stocktwits.
The development matters because it signals Nvidia is actively hunting for ways to keep revenue flowing in China — the world's largest potential AI market — even as U.S. regulators tighten the screws on GPU exports. If the Vera CPU falls outside current export restrictions, it could open a meaningful new sales channel for Nvidia at a time when the company is navigating one of the most complex geopolitical landscapes in the semiconductor industry.