U.S. President Donald Trump said he didn¡¯t discuss approving sales of Nvidia¡¯s Blackwell chips to China with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, dampening speculation that Washington will allow exports of the powerful artificial intelligence accelerators to the world¡¯s largest semiconductor market.
Trump said he and Xi talked about Nvidia¡¯s access to China in general and that the chipmaker would continue conversations with Beijing, which has discouraged domestic firms from using less-advanced Nvidia processors that Washington already approved for sale.
¡°We did discuss chips,¡± Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. ¡°They¡¯re going to be talking to Nvidia and others about taking chips.¡±
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