Deep-seated fears remain in Washington for giving Beijing too much tech

Along with AMD, chip maker agrees to deal after Trump grants them licence to export to Chinese market

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) expresses concern over a US suggestion to equip chips with tracking functions.

WASHINGTON, July 16 — Nvidia’s planned resumption of sales of its H20 AI chips to China is part of US negotiations on rare earths, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said yesterday, and comes days after its CEO met President Donald Trump.

BENGALURU, July 15 — Nvidia said today that it will resume sales of its H20 graphics processing unit (GPU) chips to China and has introduced a new model tailored to meet regulatory requirements in the Chinese market.

SINGAPORE, July 10 — Asian stocks rose slightly today, riding on optimism from Nvidia’s brief rise to a world-record US$4 trillion (RM17 trillion) valuation and as investors largely shrugged off United States President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvos.

SANTA CLARA, July 9 — Nvidia notched a market capitalisation of US$4 trillion (RM17 trillion) on Wednesday, making it the first public company in the world to reach the milestone and solidifying its position as one of Wall Street's most-favored stocks.

SEOUL, July 8 — Samsung Electronics today projected a far worse than expected 56 per cent plunge in second-quarter operating profit due to weak AI chip sales, deepening investor concerns over the tech giant's ability to revive its struggling semiconductor business.

BEIJING/TAIPEI, May 24 — Nvidia will launch a new artificial intelligence chipset for China at a significantly lower price than its recently restricted H20 model and plans to start mass production as early as June, said sources familiar with the matter.

TAIPEI, May 21 — US export controls on artificial intelligence chips to China were "a failure", Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said today.

BENGALURU, May 14 — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's personal net worth jumped to around US$120 billion (about RM520 billion) yesterday, up from US$80 billion (RM350 billion) last year, as a boom in demand for the company's artificial intelligence chips has powered a steep rally in its shares.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 — A US lawmaker plans to introduce legislation in coming weeks to verify the location of artificial-intelligence chips like those made by Nvidia after they are sold.

BENGALURU, April 28 — China's Huawei Technologies is preparing to test its newest and most powerful artificial-intelligence processor, hoping to replace some higher-end products of US chip giant Nvidia, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 — Nvidia on Tuesday said it would take US$5.5 billion (RM24 billion) in charges after the US government limited exports of its H20 artificial intelligence chip to China, a key market for one of its most popular chips.

BOSTON/LONDON, April 16 — Global shares fell today, with gold trading at record highs and the dollar languishing, as United States restrictions on chip sales to China and continued tariff uncertainty battered tech stocks.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Malaysia plans to strengthen its regulations on the semiconductor sector in response to United States pressure to curb the illicit flow of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China, according to Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

BENGALURU, March 24 — Malaysia plans to tighten regulations on semiconductors as it comes under US pressure to staunch the flow of chips, crucial to the development of artificial intelligence, to China, the Financial Times said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Investment, Trade, and Industry (Miti) Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said there are no findings or reports indicating that Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips in servers were transferred to Malaysia from Singapore as claimed.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The government is taking necessary actions to establish whether Malaysian laws had been breached in the alleged shipment of United States (US)-sanctioned artificial intelligence (AI) chips from Singapore to Malaysia, said the Investment, Trade, and Industry Ministry (Miti).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The Investment, Trade, and Industry Ministry (Miti) is investigating an allegation that Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips in servers linked to a fraud case were moved from Singapore to Malaysia.