Nvidia’s latest generation of Blackwell accelerators won’t be available in China anytime soon, according to CEO Jensen Huang, who said there were no “active discussions” about selling the coveted chips to the Middle Kingdom.
The comments come as Nvidia increasingly finds itself cut off from the Chinese market. US lawmakers have repeatedly lobbied against allowing the sale of the GPU giant’s most powerful AI chips to China.
Meanwhile, in Beijing, opposition to Western IT infrastructure has grown, with government officials reportedly pressuring tech titans to ditch Western suppliers in favor of domestic alternatives. Most recently, Chinese officials reportedly banned state-funded datacenters from deploying foreign AI chips.
“Currently, we are not planning to ship anything to China,” Huang said during a visit to Taiwan on Friday, according to a Reuters report. “It’s up to China when they would like Nvidia products to go back to serve the Chinese market. I look forward to them changing their policy.”
Huang’s comments appear to be specific to Nvidia’s datacenter GPU products, as the chipmaker is still able to sell some lower-end Blackwell-based consumer cards in the region.
The Register reached out to Nvidia seeking clarification on Huang’s comments; we’ll let you know if we hear anything back.
Many had hoped to see Uncle Sam lift restrictions on the sale of Blackwell accelerators in China following claims by Donald Trump that he planned to discuss sales of the chip with Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, those discussions never materialized.
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Despite this, Huang’s revelations are unlikely t