Jensen Huang: China Will Eventually Import US AI Chips, Taiwan Remains Core to Semiconductor Manufacturing
In a Bloomberg TV interview, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang expressed his expectation that the Chinese market will eventually open up to importing U.S. AI chips. While he did not personally discuss the sale of H200 chips with Chinese officials, he acknowledged the topic was raised in high-level U.S.-China talks. Huang also stressed that Taiwan will remain the core of global semiconductor manufacturing due to immense demand, even as the U.S. boosts its domestic production.
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(CNA, San Francisco, 18th, Comprehensive Foreign Report) U.S. chip giant NVIDIA's CEO, Jensen Huang, who just last week accompanied U.S. President Trump on a visit to China for talks, stated his expectation that Chinese authorities will eventually allow the import of artificial intelligence (AI) chips from the United States, and that Taiwan will remain the core of semiconductor manufacturing. According to Bloomberg News, Huang stated in a Bloomberg TV interview today, "The Chinese government has to decide to what extent they want to protect their domestic market. My sense is that over time, the market will open up." Last week, Huang joined the U.S. business leaders' delegation at the last minute, accompanying Trump to Beijing for important talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sparking speculation among investors and China hawks in Washington that NVIDIA had achieved a breakthrough in exporting AI chips to China. Huang said he did not directly discuss the company's plans to sell the H200 AI chip to Chinese customers with Chinese officials, but admitted that officials from both sides did touch upon the topic during their talks. "President Trump and the leadership had some discussions, and I look forward to the results of their decisions," he said. On his way back to the U.S. on the 15th, Trump said, "This issue was indeed discussed, and I think there may be some progress in this regard." He did not elaborate further, but added that China has not yet approved the purchase of H200 chips, "because they chose not to, they want to develop their own chips." NVIDIA is expected to release its earnings on the 20th, at which time investors will be watching for the latest updates on the outlook for AI chip shipments to China. The report noted that NVIDIA still relies on Taiwan's chip manufacturing capabilities. Huang said he did not participate in official discussions regarding Taiwan last week. Huang said that as the U.S. seeks to enhance its domestic chip manufacturing capabilities, Taiwan will remain the core of semiconductor manufacturing because "the demand (for chips) from all sides is very large." "Supply chain diversification and resilience are achievable, and everyone should seek to improve," Huang said in an interview on the sidelines of the Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas. (Translated by Lu Ying-tzu) 1150519