Trump Open to a Scaled-Back Nvidia Blackwell for China (Correct)

Aug. 11, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

US President Donald Trump signaled on Monday that he’d be open to allowing Nvidia Corp. to sell a scaled-back version of its most advanced AI chip to China.

Trump said he would consider a deal that would allow Nvidia to ship its Blackwell chips to China if the company could design it to be less advanced. “It’s possible I’d make a deal” on a “somewhat enhanced — in a negative way — Blackwell” processor, he said in a briefing with reporters. “In other words, take 30% to 50% off of it.”

Trump made his remarks on Nvidia’s Blackwell chip while ...

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