Nvidia begins promoting Vera CPU to Chinese customers: a single chip costs over $20000, and the first batch of customers plan to test and deploy it overseas BlockBeats news, on June 12th, according to Reuters, three insiders revealed that NVIDIA has recommended a new Vera central processing unit for AI data centers to Chinese customers and stated that it can be shipped as early as August. Customers are now allowed to place orders. Nvidia's rapid promotion of new products aims to salvage the market in China, where its market share has dropped to nearly zero due to the obstruction of H200 chip shipments to China. According to informed sources, some Chinese customers have shown interest in independent CPUs designed specifically for intelligent AI agents. A large Chinese cloud service company plans to order over 300 servers, each equipped with two Vera processors. The customer plans to deploy testing in overseas data centers first, and then decide whether to add orders based on the evaluation results. Due to the challenges of software ecosystem compatibility and workload migration to domestic AI chips, it remains to be seen whether Vera can achieve large-scale adoption. According to estimates from semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis, the price of a single Vera processor before bulk discounts will far exceed $20000, while a full cabinet configuration with 256 chips will cost around $10 million. At present, the global demand for AI is shifting from model training to inference computing, which has also exacerbated the shortage of CPUs. Nvidia had predicted that Vera's sales would reach $20 billion in the fiscal year ending January 2026. NVIDIA's promotion has also intensified competition with Intel and AMD, both of which are working hard to expand their server CPU supply for AI data centers. Click on the original link below to join the Beating · Feishu AI news channel, which continuously monitors global AI hotspots and news 24/7. [Original link]