Nvidia's Huang May Have Won China Reprieve
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The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.
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AFP on MSNJensen Huang, AI visionary in a leather jacketUnknown to the general public just three years ago, Jensen Huang is now one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the world as head of chip giant Nvidia.Chips designed by Nvidia, known as graphics cards or GPUs (Graphics Processing Units),
After Tesla boss Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook fell out of favour with US President Donald Trump, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has emerged as a key player in easing tensions between the United States and China amid ongoing trade war and geopolitical tensions.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hailed Chinese AI models like DeepSeek as world-class, adding that AI is ‘fundamental infrastructure’ akin to electricity. Speaking in Beijing, he called China's open-source AI a ‘catalyst for global progress’.
The Commerce Department allows Nvidia to sell H20 AI chips to China despite security concerns, and experts are divided on the U.S. technological advantage.