In response to stringent U.S. export restrictions, NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), the world’s leading chipmaker, is preparing to release a less potent variant of its premier gaming chip in China. What Happened: Nvidia is marketing a pared-down version of its GTX 4090 D chip in China, Bloomberg reported. The version offered on Nvidia’s Chinese website possesses roughly 10% less processing cores than the international model. The revised model, dubbed GeForce RTX 4090 D, was designed to “comply with U.S. government export controls” and will be exclusively available in China, as confirmed by a company…