【By Observer Net, Xiong Chaoran】In an effort to win back the Chinese market it has long yearned for, NVIDIA's founder and CEO Huang Renxun has recently spoken out frequently, even "suffering" a bit, but it seems to have gone against the intention.

On November 6 local time, the emerging technology media "The Information" in Silicon Valley cited three sources, reporting exclusively that although President Trump had hinted at "allowance" this summer, the White House has now informed other federal agencies that it will not allow NVIDIA to sell its latest reduced-performance artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China.

The report said that NVIDIA has provided samples of the chip named "B30A" to some of its Chinese customers. If deployed efficiently in large clusters, this chip can be used to train large language models. The report also cited two NVIDIA employees who said the company is trying to modify the design of the B30A chip and hopes that the U.S. government will reconsider its position.

On the same day, Reuters also cited the report from "The Information," saying that the White House has not yet responded to the request for comments. A spokesperson for NVIDIA told Reuters that the company has no share in the competitive data center computing market in China and has not included it in its performance expectations.

Photo: Huang Renxun, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, Visual China

From the Biden administration to the Trump administration, the United States has implemented a series of measures to restrict chip exports to block and suppress China's technological development, and these restrictions have been continuously tightened. NVIDIA's AI chips are the "top priority" in this regard. To this end, NVIDIA sought to sell the "reduced-performance special edition" H20 chips to China, but was still closely watched by the Trump administration.

In mid-July this year, Huang Renxun announced in China that the United States had approved the sale of H20 chips to China. In addition, NVIDIA also plans to launch a new special edition chip for China.

However, NVIDIA's situation between China and the United States seems to be becoming increasingly awkward, especially as controversies surrounding the company continue to spread.

On July 31, to safeguard the cybersecurity and data security of Chinese users, the Chinese authorities interviewed NVIDIA, requiring it to explain and submit relevant proof materials regarding the security risks of the H20 computing chips sold to China. The new media account "Yuyuantan Tian" under the China Central Television Group published an article pointing out that the H20 chip is "not environmentally friendly, nor advanced, nor safe," and is not a "good choice."

On August 10, the Financial Times reported that American chip companies such as NVIDIA have agreed to "contribute" (or can be called "pay a commission") 15% of their chip sales revenue in China to the U.S. government to obtain export licenses issued by the Trump administration. This caused a public uproar.

On September 15, the Chinese regulatory authorities issued another statement, stating that NVIDIA violated the anti-monopoly law and decided to implement further investigations according to law.

As China is striving to develop its own chip manufacturing capabilities, Huang Renxun recently revealed that NVIDIA's market share in China has dropped from 95% to 0. "Currently, we have completely exited the Chinese market." "It is unimaginable for any decision-maker to think it is a good idea that the policies implemented by the United States have led to the loss of one of the largest markets in the world, dropping to zero."

At the end of October, while attending the APEC-related activities in South Korea, Huang Renxun stated that although there are currently no related plans, he still hopes to sell NVIDIA chips to Chinese customers.

On November 5, during the AI Future Summit hosted by the Financial Times, Huang Renxun once openly stated, "China will win the AI competition," which was seen by the outside world as his "most direct statement yet." He pointed out that due to the relaxation of regulations on data centers and lower energy costs in China, China will surpass the United States in the AI competition. He criticized the new AI regulations introduced by U.S. states and said this could lead to "50 new regulatory measures." He also compared this approach with China's energy policy, mentioning that Chinese tech companies can run domestic AI chip alternatives at a lower cost.

Notably, shortly after making these remarks, later that evening, Huang Renxun quickly made a brief statement to clarify, saying that China is only slightly behind the United States in the AI field, and that maintaining the lead is "crucial" for the United States.

"As I have long said, China is only a few nanoseconds behind the United States in the AI field. It is crucial for the United States to maintain its leadership and win the favor of global developers," he wrote in a statement posted on the social media platform X.

On October 29, at the regular press conference of the Foreign Ministry, when asked about Huang Renxun, the CEO of NVIDIA, stating that U.S. AI chips need to be exported to China, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Guo Jiakun, replied that specific issues should be consulted with the relevant Chinese authorities. The Chinese government has repeatedly expressed its principles on the issue of U.S. chip exports to China, hoping that the U.S. side will take concrete actions to maintain the stability of the global supply chain.

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