NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is surprised by rumors about Chinese authorities seeking to limit the sales of its H20 GPUs. Huang spoke with reporters at Taiwan as he landed in the island for a meeting with TSMC's executives. Huang shared that he hopes that the issues with the Chinese government will be resolved as it was the Chinese authorities which had requested him to work with the Trump administration to secure lives for the H20 GPUs.
I'm Grateful The H20 Licenses Were Approved, Says NVIDIA CEO When Asked About 15% Sales Commission To US Government
Apart from discussing NVIDIA's upcoming Rubin GPUs, Huang also commented on rumors about the H20 GPU. When asked about them, he responded that he was "very grateful that the Trump administration has approved licenses for us to export H20s to China." Huang then added that China had recently "asked some questions about some security backdoors in our chips."
In response to the Chinese concerns, Huang asserted that we have "made very clear and put to rest that H20 has no security backdoors. There are no such things. There never has." As a result, he's hopeful that the "response that we've given to the Chinese government will be sufficient."
Commenting on what appeared to be the rumors of Chinese government restricting local adoption of the H20 chips, Huang shared:
"We are in discussions with them, we are surprised by that, as you know they've requested and urged us to secure licenses for the H20s for some time and I've worked quite hard to help them secure the licenses. And so hopefully, hopefully, this will be resolved."
The NVIDIA CEO was then asked about what he had advised President Trump as part of his efforts to have sanctions lifted on NVIDIA's products. Huang replied that while he hadn't provided Trump with any advice, he did inform the President "about the importance of the American AI tech stack." He asserted that we are in the "beginning of a new Industrial Revolution," which means that "AI models and AI applications in support of the American tech stack is very important."
The industrial revolution and the role American products play in it were the first things that Huang explained. He then explained to Trump that "AI is going to advance around the world with or without the United States. And it is important for us to maximize our AI export technology at a time when this industry is being formed."
As for his thoughts about NVIDIA having to pay 15% of its China H20 GPU sales revenue to the US government, Huang is just "very grateful that the Trump administration has approved licenses for our Chinese customers." The demand for AI in China is "quite great," he believes, which means that the "ability to ship products to H20s to China is very much appreciated."
"Shipping H20s to China is not a national security concern. It's great for America and it's great for the Chinese market," he added.
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