【Text by Observer Net, Liu Bai】

On the eve of his visit to China, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang once again refuted concerns about selling chips to China. In an interview on CNN aired on July 13, he stated that the U.S. government need not worry that the Chinese military would use NVIDIA chips to enhance its capabilities, as China would avoid using American technology due to risk considerations, let alone that China already has sufficient computing power.

Huang has repeatedly criticized U.S. export controls on China, arguing that they would have the opposite effect. He further explained this in the program, saying that both China and the United States are amazing countries that hope for prosperity and development, and yearn for success, but the U.S. needs to allow the world to develop artificial intelligence based on American technology.

"In order for the U.S. to be a global leader, just as we hope the world is built on the dollar system and uses the dollar as the global standard, we also hope that American technology becomes the global standard."

"We all like the Internet, which is made by American technology and built on American technology. We should continue to pursue this."

Huang believes that, to achieve the above goal, the U.S. must attract global AI developers. "It has been proven that China's performance in artificial intelligence is incredible, with 50% of developers worldwide in China."

Image of Jensen Huang during CNN interview

He said that the U.S. needs to ensure that its technology can be available to the global market, so that artificial intelligence can perform optimally based on American technology.

The host then raised concerns about the Chinese military using American technology to enhance its capabilities.

But Huang said that both the U.S. and Chinese militaries are the same, and due to related risks, they do not seek to use each other's technologies.

"We don't need to worry about this," he told the CNN host, "they can't rely on these technologies because they might be restricted at any time."

"Not to mention that China already has sufficient computing power," Huang added, "imagine how many supercomputers China has, all created by outstanding Chinese engineers and already in operation. You will find that they certainly don't need NVIDIA chips, nor do they need to use American technology to build their own military."

Bloomberg noted that due to increasingly strict U.S. export restrictions on China, tech companies such as NVIDIA have lost billions of dollars in revenue. Previous U.S. governments have believed that allowing China to use these high-performance chips would pose a "threat" to national security.

U.S. Republican Senator Jim Banks and Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on the 11th pressured Huang, claiming that his visit to China could "undermine U.S. export controls," and advanced AI hardware could "accelerate China's military modernization." They warned Huang not to meet with companies that are listed on the entity list or suspected of undermining U.S. export controls.

Huang has consistently stated that China is the world's largest semiconductor market, and U.S. companies need to enter China. He has repeatedly called for the U.S. to relax technology export restrictions, arguing that these restrictions give China's competitors an unfair advantage. NVIDIA expects that export controls will cost the company up to $8 billion in sales in the second fiscal quarter this year.

Last week, Huang said in Washington that the U.S. strategy of restricting China will ultimately fail, as it will drive the rapid development of China's domestic technology, eventually matching the U.S. tech industry. Companies such as NVIDIA believe that U.S. companies should be allowed to export products to China, the world's largest semiconductor market, to ensure the dominance of American technology in AI development.

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