Nvidia publicly denied an August 20, 2026 report by The Information claiming the company planned to ship small volumes of a China-specific ‘language processing unit’ chip, using technology licensed from Groq, by the end of the year. An Nvidia spokesperson said the company has no LPU sales in the China market today and no China-specific LPU product on its roadmap. The dispute comes as Nvidia continues to navigate US export controls through region-specific configurations, including limited H200 approvals for China, an approach that has ceded some market share to competitors like Huawei.
