Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday the company is “in dialogue” with the U.S. government about selling next-generation AI chips to China.
“Offering a new product to China for the AI data centers, the follow on to H20, that’s not our decision to make,” Huang told reporters in Taiwan on Friday. “It’s up to, of course, the United States government. And we’re in dialogue with them. But it’s too soon to know.”
His comments come after the company struck an unusual agreement with the Trump administration earlier this month to share a portion of its revenue from sales of its H20 chips to China.
Both Nvidia and AMD agreed to hand over 15 percent of revenue from their H20 and MI308 chips to secure export licenses following a months-long halt on sales to China.
The deal has raised legal questions given restrictions on export taxes and licensing fees, but experts say it’s unclear whether anyone will bring a challenge. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have also voiced concerns about the national security implications of boosting Beijing’s AI capabilities by providing access to the chips.
The Trump administration appears unphased. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested last week that they could pursue similar agreements with other companies, even as the the legality and mechanics are “still being ironed out” by the Commerce Department.
“Right now, it stands with these two companies. Perhaps it could expand in the future to other companies,” Leavitt said. “I think it’s a creative idea and solution.”
Trump also indicated that he would consider making a deal on a reduced-capacity version of Nvidia’s more advanced Blackwell chip, and Reuters reported Tuesday that the company is developing a new chip for China based on the Blackwell architecture.
