China hawks in the US fear that even the stripped-down versions of the AI chip could allow Beijing to secure more advanced computing power
Discussions with the White House to allow American AI chip company Nvidia to sell a less advanced version of its next-generation GPU chip to China will take time, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday.
When asked about White House talks on Blackwell chip sales to China in a Fox Business News interview, Huang said the discussions had started.
“The conversation will take a while, but … President [Donald] Trump understands that having the world build AI on the American tech stack helps America win the AI race.”
Earlier this month, Trump suggested he might allow Nvidia to sell a scaled-down version of the chip in China, noting that it would be 30 to 50 per cent less capable than the regular version.
