Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, said on the 15th that he received approval from the U.S. government for the export of artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. Until now, the U.S. has regulated the export of NVIDIA AI chips to China.
According to state-run China Central Television (CCTV) on the same day, CEO Huang noted in an interview, "The U.S. government has approved our export license for the H20 chip, so we are able to start shipping," adding, "We hope to quickly send the H20 to the Chinese market and am very pleased about it."
He continued, "The second piece of news is that we will launch a new graphics card called RTX Pro," stating, "This graphics card is very important because it is specially designed for computer graphics, digital twins, and AI." According to reports, the RTX Pro is designed as a China-specific specification in accordance with U.S. government export regulations.
Until recently, NVIDIA has been selling the H20, which has lower specifications than the latest AI chips, to China due to U.S. government restrictions on advanced semiconductor exports to China. However, after the trade war broke out following Donald Trump's re-election, the U.S. further strengthened semiconductor regulations, even blocking the export of the H20.
Recently, as the tariff war has calmed down, CEO Huang met with former President Trump and is set to attend the Supply Chain Expo (CEISCE) in Beijing, China, on the 16th. Ahead of this, he met with Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. CEO Huang is expected to attend the opening ceremony of the Supply Chain Expo the following day and is also reported to hold a media briefing.