Tripp Mickle and Lily Kuo
Weeks after Nvidia struck a deal with the Trump administration to pay for clearance to ship semiconductors to China, the company has started winding down production of a chip designed for Chinese companies and begun work on its more powerful successor.
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said on Friday in Taipei, Taiwan, that the company was offering a “new product for A.I. data centers,” which would be a version of its most cutting-edge chips that would be modified to reduce some of its performance, as required by the United States. He said he was seeking the Trump administration’s approval to sell the chip.
“It’s up to, of course, the United States government,” Mr. Huang said. “And we’re in dialogue with them, but it’s too soon to know.”
Mr. Huang’s comments came as Nvidia asked suppliers to wind down production of its current chip designed for China, the H20, said two people familiar with the company’s strategy. Beijing has discouraged Chinese companies from buying the H20 chips, with administrators warning that the chips could have “backdoor security risks.”
“We constantly manage our supply chain to address market conditions,” said Mylene Mangalindan, an Nvidia spokeswoman.
The Information previously reported on Nvidia’s winding down production of its H20 chip.
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