David Becker/Getty Images News Sales of Nvidia ( NVDA ) AI chips to China appear to be delayed, due in part to the Chinese government weighing placing restrictions on their importation. Also complicating matters, certain lawmakers on Capitol Hill have argued that sales of AI chips to China could jeopardize national security. Nvidia, meanwhile, has asserted that such sales are necessary for the U.S...
David Becker/Getty Images News Sales of Nvidia ( NVDA ) AI chips to China appear to be delayed, due in part to the Chinese government weighing placing restrictions on their importation. Also complicating matters, certain lawmakers on Capitol Hill have argued that sales of AI chips to China could jeopardize national security. Nvidia, meanwhile, has asserted that such sales are necessary for the U.S. to secure its leadership position in the global AI market. We asked Seeking Alpha analysts The Techie and Tunga Capital how important China AI chip sales were to Nvidia's future growth. The Techie : Ironically, Nvidia ( NVDA ) has seen record-breaking growth while its China business has essentially disappeared. China once accounted for around 20% of Nvidia’s data center revenue; now, at least officially, it's down to zero. A report from Reuters a few days ago cited a senior Trump administration official and said that DeepSeek’s ( DEEPSEEK ) latest model was trained on Nvidia’s Blackwell chips. But beyond that, despite China not being part of the equation at this time, the company’s last print proved that there is enough demand to go around and that China’s absence didn’t make a dent, at least for now. In the long term, I think that being locked out of China is an existential risk not only for Nvidia ( NVDA ) but also for the U.S.’s standing in the AI race. China is essential to Nvidia’s survival as the global standard. If Nvidia remains locked out, they risk a future where a separate, powerful AI ecosystem grows in China that doesn't use their technology at all. Tunga Capital : I think the absence of Nvidia’s ( NVDA ) China sales is less about growth and more about creating competitive threats in emerging markets. If Nvidia’s chip sales to China had continued, it would have pulled demand away from domestic Chinese chipmakers. This in turn would have starved them of the capital needed to innovate and win more customers globally. This is likely why Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang c...
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Trump cited debunked claims in video address that Iran was on verge of nuclear weapons to justify US casualties Latest updates: US-Israel war on Iran Donald Trump recorded a new video address on Sunday, vowing to avenge three American deaths after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and accusing the Iranian regime of “waging war against civilization itself”. The US president addressed the deaths,...
Trump cited debunked claims in video address that Iran was on verge of nuclear weapons to justify US casualties Latest updates: US-Israel war on Iran Donald Trump recorded a new video address on Sunday, vowing to avenge three American deaths after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and accusing the Iranian regime of “waging war against civilization itself”. The US president addressed the deaths, saying “we grieve for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives” and called for prayers for “the full recovery” of five others that were seriously wounded. Continue reading...