Nvidia CEO says no ‘active discussions’ on selling advanced Blackwell chips to China


Blackwell is Nvidia’s current flagship artificial intelligence chip that the Trump administration has so far prevented from being sold to the world’s second-largest economy, for fear it would aid the Chinese military and the domestic AI industry.
While there was speculation last week that talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea could end with a deal to allow a scaled-down version of the Blackwell graphics processing unit to be sold in China, so far there have been no signs of an agreement.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the Blackwell chip platform during the company’s GTC event, a global AI conference for developers, in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024. Photo: AP
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the Blackwell chip platform during the company’s GTC event, a global AI conference for developers, in San Jose, California, on March 18, 2024. Photo: AP
“Currently, we are not planning to ship anything to China,” Huang said, soon after arriving in the city of Tainan for his fourth public visit to Taiwan this year.

“It’s up to China when they would like Nvidia products to go back to serve the Chinese market,” he said. “I look forward to them changing their policy.”

In remarks seen on a live broadcast by Taiwan’s Formosa TV News network, Huang also said he was in the island to visit the company’s long-time partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, and participate in the contract chipmaker’s sports day.
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