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Jensen Huang

The latest news on Jensen Huang, co-founder, president and CEO of NVIDIA, including American business news and updates.

Born

17 Feb 1963

Industry

Technology, Business

Job Title

Founder, president and CEO of Nvidia

US-China tech war

How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions, advances China’s AI ambitions

Huawei is expected to ship about 700,000 Ascend AI processors in 2025, according to Mizuho estimates.

23 Jun 2025 - 11:57AM

Semiconductors

How Huawei’s AI chips outperform Nvidia’s in running DeepSeek’s R1 model

19 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Rare earths

My Take | China attains leverage in trade war on the back of its trump card: rare earths

17 Jun 2025 - 10:17AMvideocam

US-China tech war

Huawei’s AI chip output limited to 200,000 in 2025, US commerce official says

That number falls short of Nvidia’s over 1 million China-specific H20 chips produced in the last nine months of 2024, analysts estimate.

13 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Use of Huawei’s Ascend AI chips “anywhere in the world” could be interpreted as a violation of US export controls, according to new guidance from Washington. Photo: Shutterstock

Nvidia

Nvidia to exclude China from forecasts amid US chip export controls

‘I’ve told all of our investors … our forecasts will not include the China market,’ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNN.

13 Jun 2025 - 6:12AMvideocam

US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.

12 Jun 2025 - 9:44PM

Semiconductors

Nvidia bets on European AI push amid shrinking China revenue

The chip designer pledged to build 20 AI factories on the continent, including a German facility in the works to be equipped with 10,000 GPUs.

12 Jun 2025 - 4:00PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interacts with a small robot during his VivaTech presentation in Paris on June 11. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

iFlytek says using local chips in AI models extends development time by 3 months

Liu’s comments show how some Chinese tech companies are determined to improve their AI capabilities without access to Nvidia chips.

11 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Technology

Opinion | Who will win the AI contest of the century?

While the US and China appear to be in a two-horse race, no country can afford to ignore AI development and adoption.

6 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Xiaomi

Xiaomi founder stays on as honorary chairman at Chinese software firm

Kingsoft Office is best known for its WPS Office software, a popular local alternative to Microsoft Office.

5 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO, Lei Jun. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

Opinion | US-China trade war goes nuclear with Trump’s chip software ban

Sweeping ban, albeit hard to enforce, threatens to kneecap China’s semiconductor ambitions and endanger its national security.

4 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Semiconductors

Nvidia builds new AI chip for China with computing cluster capabilities: report

Company plans to produce more than 1 million units of its new China-tailored B30 chip this year, according to The Information.

2 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM

US-China relations

Editorial | Smart money in US still bets on Beijing

From banking giants to tech behemoths, American firms are a step ahead of Washington politicians when it comes to understanding the value of China.

2 Jun 2025 - 6:30AM

China technology

My Take | Springtime for China’s engineers and scientists. In US, not so much

As the chip war rages, Chinese firms and institutes have had a boost in state support while their counterparts face crackdowns and restrictions.

1 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM

The United States last month announced a global ban on the use of advanced artificial intelligence-powered chips made by Chinese companies – the latest in a string of export curbs targeting China’s semiconductor industry. Photo: AFP

Taiwan economy

Trade war elephant in the showroom at Computex Taipei, Asia’s biggest tech expo

As Trump threatens to reinstate high tariffs on Taiwan, tech-sector exporters reliant on the US market fear the worst.

31 May 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

People attend Computex 2025 at Nangang Exhibition Center in Taipei on May 20, 2025. Photo: AFP

Semiconductors

Nvidia ‘considering’ new AI chip for China but rules out Hopper series

After Nvidia revealed the H20 ban in mid April, CEO Huang has repeatedly signalled the importance the company places on the Chinese market.

29 May 2025 - 8:00PM

Nvidia

Nvidia gives solid forecast, even as China slump mars growth

While the chipmaker is being squeezed out of China, other Trump policy changes may help open up additional markets, such as the Middle East.

29 May 2025 - 6:00AMvideocam

Hong Kong economy

Letters | Though still low, Hong Kong’s jobless rate rise can’t be taken lightly

Readers discuss the challenges presented by AI and other tech advances, what SMEs can do to minimise tariff pain, and the decision to cut training hours for medical laboratory technologists.

23 May 2025 - 11:30AM

Commuters cross Queen’s Road Central in Hong Kong’s Central district in October last year. AI advancements present opportunities for increased efficiency, but also risks of job displacement, and there is a need to upskill workers so they can keep up. Photo: Dickson Lee

US-China trade war

Trump changed Biden’s AI chip rules. What now, will it affect China trade talks?

In tech supremacy battle, Trump undoes Biden-era rule, prompting warning that controls over Chinese chips may make their ecosystem stronger.

22 May 2025 - 10:14PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek 2.0? Shanghai quant fund claims AI training breakthrough

Goku says in a paper submitted to the ‘AI Olympics’ that its training method is superior to those adopted by DeepSeek, OpenAI.

22 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO blasts US AI chip restrictions on China as a ‘failure’

‘Power is quite cost-effective in China. And there’s plenty of land. And so the ban on H20 is not effective,’ Jensen Huang told reporters at Computex.

21 May 2025 - 4:13PMvideocam

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a circuit board as he answers questions from members of the media at a press event in Taipei on May 21. Photo: Reuters

US-China trade war

China vows to use anti-sanctions law if US ban on Huawei chips enforced

As Washington’s new guidelines target the Chinese tech giant, Beijing warns it will closely monitor entities that help enforce the embargo.

21 May 2025 - 5:36PMvideocam

Huawei is at the centre of the China-US tech war, with Washington’s latest sanctions on the tech giant’s chips only the latest in a series of measures targeting the firm in recent years. Photo: Shuttershock

Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls US ban on H20 AI chip ‘deeply painful’

Huang said AI was a ‘full-stack thing’, which meant protecting one layer at the expense of everything else was ‘nonsensical’.

20 May 2025 - 7:00PMvideocam

Xiaomi

Xiaomi now one of China’s biggest semiconductor investors, founder Lei Jun says

Lei said Xiaomi has allocated US$6.9 billion for semiconductor development in China over a 10-year period.

22 May 2025 - 2:41PM

Semiconductors

Nvidia’s Huang teases new Taiwan office, supercomputer plans in Computex speech

In his keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Jensen Huang said Nvidia secured a lease for a new property and is partnering with local firms, including Foxconn.

19 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote speech for Computex 2025 in Taipei on May 19. Photo: AFP

Semiconductors

Nvidia’s two-ton AI systems not easily smuggled to China, CEO says

Huang spoke after joining a US delegation to the Middle East led by President Donald Trump, lauding the opening up of trade of Nvidia’s hardware.

17 May 2025 - 5:13PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang interacts with the media and supporters outside a restaurant in Taipei on May 16. Photo: Reuters

US-China relations

Senior US Democrat slams ‘horrible’ reversal of AI rule as helping China

Trump administration’s move to rescind Biden-era prohibitions said to enable Saudi Arabia, UAE to make advanced chips ‘available’ to Beijing.

17 May 2025 - 10:27PMvideocam

Donald Trump

UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US, bypassing past China worries

Deal is a major win for the UAE, which has been trying to balance its relations with ally US and largest trading partner China.

16 May 2025 - 1:54PM

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