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China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday that he hoped multinational companies, including Nvidia, would provide high-quality and reliable products and services to Chinese customers,
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has been active on the government relations and lobbying front, and now he’s got something big to show for his efforts: the Trump Administration has agreed to lift a ban on selling Nvidia H20 AI chips to China.
At the Beijing Expo, Jensen Huang also announced plans for a new chip for Chinese clients that is designed for robotics and smart factories.
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David Sacks said this would "deprive Huawei of basically having this giant market share in China."
The frosty relations between the U.S. and China adversely affected Nvidia. The new export restrictions meant the company couldn't sell its AI chips earmarked for China, resulting in a $4.5 billion write-off for this unsold inventory in its fiscal first quarter, which ended April 27.
Nvidia's AI chip sales in China boost near-term outlook, but geopolitical risks cast doubts on long-term growth. Click to read more on NVDA's Hold rating.
Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”
Gil Luria from D.A. Davidson discusses the national security concerns around the report that U.S. officials are delaying a deal for the UAE's purchase of Nvidia AI chips.