NVIDIA head Jensen Huang was disappointed, but the philosophy of news is philosophical, i.e. China’s Internet regulator prohibits the company from building the latest bargaining chip for communist countries.
Huang said Wednesday that the U.S. and Beijing “have a bigger agenda to resolve” after reports that China has ordered top tech companies to stop buying U.S. companies’ AI chips and cancel existing orders.
The continuous U.S. government has limited China’s chances of getting high-level chips, prompting Beijing to urge domestic companies to stay away from U.S. suppliers, hitting industry leaders like Nvidia.
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The report appeared a few days later in Beijing Accused the company of violating its antitrust lawsmarking another outbreak of the trade war with Washington, while U.S. officials expressed national security issues during trade talks with China this week.
China’s cyberspace management directs companies, including Orcs and Alibaba, to terminate their testing and RTX Pro 6000D, Financial Times There were three people who knew about the matter, reported Wednesday.
“We will continue to support”
Huang said at a press conference in London: “There is only one country that wants us to be a market, we can only serve the market.”
“I’m disappointed with what I see, but they have a bigger agenda between China and the United States, and I’m patient with that. We will continue to support the Chinese government and Chinese companies.”
Alibaba, Bytedance and CAC did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
The report said the new ban was stronger than early guidance from regulators, which focused on the H20, a previous version of NVIDIA’s Chinese health AI chip.
NVIDIA’s RTX6000D is the latest artificial intelligence chip tailored for the Chinese market Luke-free demandReuters first reported earlier this week as some major tech companies chose not to place orders.
Several companies said they will order thousands of RTX Pro 6000Ds and start testing and verification work with NVIDIA’s server vendors, then telling them to stop working after receiving CAC orders.
- Jim Pollard’s additional editor Reuters
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