The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, seems to have concluded an agreement with the Trump administration to avoid export restrictions on the AI H20 fleas of the company.
The H20, the most advanced NVIDIa chip which can still be exported from the United States to China, would have been spared from a promise by Huang to invest in new AI data centers in the United States, Huang, Huang made the proposal at a Trump’s Mar-Ago resort dinner last week.
Nvidia refused to comment.
Much in the semiconductor industry feared that the H20, which are modified to have lower performance than the other Nvidia chips, were heading for restrictions because they would have been one of the in-depth chips based in China used to form its R1 Open IA model. Released in January, R1 made the headlines for its solid performance compared to AI laboratories based in the United States, including Openai.
Senators on both sides of the aisle called for restrictions on the H20. Even the Trump administration would have prepared export controls H20 before its current overthrow, according to NPR.
Although it was not totally surprising that Trump would have agreed to put aside certain potential flea restrictions in exchange for a NVIDIA commitment to invest in American IA infrastructure, allowing Nvidia to continue exporting the H20 to China seem against the administration’s objective of securing American domination in AI.
The Trump administration’s decision is even more confusing. These rules lay out the export limits of fleas on almost all countries outside the United States – including American allies – with more severe restrictions on China and Russia.
Nvidia described these guidelines as “unprecedented and patient” and said they are likely to suffocate global innovation.
Many AI companies, in addition to NVIDIA, have relied on the “-d’Abord” approach to Trump’s America at AI in Curry’s favor for administration. OPENAI has teamed up with SoftBank and Oracle for an US data center initiative of $ 500 billion nicknamed Stargate Project in January. Microsoft has promised $ 80 billion to build AI data centers during its 2025 financial year, with 50% of that of the United States
Trump has some strong arms partners to obtain the desired result. He reportedly told the Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC that it should pay a tax up to 100% if the company did not build new flea factories in the United States
