Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will continue advancing with or without the support of the United States, citing Trump administration’s decision to allow Nvidia to resume sales of a key AI chip designed specifically for China, Reuters reported. Nvidia CEO also hoped that the measures taken in response to Beijing will be sufficient.
Last month, Trump greenlit the sales of the relatively ‘less powerful’ H20 chip to China after banning it in April as the US trade frictions with China deepened. Speaking of H20 chip, Huang said, “Very grateful US has approved license to export to China.”
Huang further added, “Shipping H20 to China is not a national security concern. Offering a new product to China for AI data centers, the follow-on to H20, is not our decision to make.”
He said, “I told President Trump that AI will advance with or without the US.” Jensen Huang added, “Hopefully the response we have given to China will be sufficient.”
China, on the other hand, is weighing the security risks of Nvidia’s H20s as US lawmakers have called for adding features like “tracking and positioning” and “remote shutdown” in the chips. However, Nvidia denies placing any such features in the H20 chips, CNN reported.
