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The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, said he is “disappointed” in the reports that the Chinese government has issued an additional prohibition of buying the company’s hardware.
Speaking in a media event in London attended by Techradar Pro, Huang was asked for his reaction after a Financial Times Report on the restrictions of the administration of the cyberspace of China on its hardware NVIDIA H20, which was specifically produced by the company for customers in the Chinese market.
“I am disappointed with what I see,” said Huang, “but they have greater agendas to resolve between China and the United States, and I understand that, and we are patients about it.”
“Roller coaster”
“Our business in China in the last three years has been a roller coaster,” Huang added.
“We explain to political leaders that the H20 are not of any national security concern: technology is for data centers, but is available for laptops and computers, etc., and so on.”
“I think people realize that H20 is not a national security concern,” he added, “and if China, the Chinese army, or any army, would use computer technology for military applications, have a lot of this nationwide, they will not depend on US technology.”
“We will continue to communicate and support both governments as much as possible and discuss through this.”
The news occurs days after China’s state administration for market regulation (SAMR) accused Nvidia of violating an antitrust law, launching a preliminary investigation into the company.
“We are going to continue communicating with the Chinese government and the United States government, and I hope that all this is resolved,” Huang said in reaction to a question about this movement.
“We could all be at the service of a market if the country wants us to be,” he added, “and the Chinese market is important: we have been in service for 30 years, and we have probably contributed more to the China market than most companies.”
“At the highest level, the demand for AI in China is approximately a market of $ 15 billion,” Huang added, “it is the second largest computer market in the world … and demand there is excellent, and competition is also quite something.”
