Today, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that his company is in discussions with the Trump administration about a possible new computer chip intended for the Chinese market.
Huang spoke to reporters during a visit in Taiwan to meet Nvidia’s key manufacturing partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, the world’s largest chip maker.
Huan stated, “I’m offering a new product to China for … AI data centers, the follow-on to H20… That’s not our decision to make. It’s up to, of course, the United States government. And we’re in dialogue with them, but it’s too soon to know.”
Huan’s comments verify earlier reports this week that the U.S. tech giant is creating a new artificial intelligence chip for China, named the B30A, which will be more powerful than the H20 — the only semiconductor Nvidia is currently permitted to sell in the country.
The recent surge in chip development has been driven by growing U.S. concerns that advanced American chips might be used in Chinese military applications.
Recently, China has claimed that Nvidia’s data center GPUs designed for artificial intelligence include a hardware feature often called a ‘kill switch,’ which could enable remote deactivation of the chips. Nvidia denied the claims, stating, “NVIDIA GPUs do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors.”
Nvidia stock rose slightly after Huang’s remarks.
By CEO NA Editorial Staff
