# NVIDIA H20 (compute soc)

Second-generation China-specific variant of Hopper. Introduced late 2023 after Oct 17 BIS rule blocked H800. Kept the memory (96 GB HBM3) and interconnect (900 GB/s NVLink) but sharply reduced dense compute (~148 FP16 TFLOPS vs H100's 989) to fit under BIS's performance-density threshold.

## Identity

- Component class: compute_soc
- Safety critical: no
- Verification posture: reported

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