IBM CEO Asks Trump To Reduce Chip Controls For Some Countries

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna asks President Trump to lower certain barriers that create country-specific restrictions on IBM chips during a White House event.

• “We have controls on where all the semiconductors can go, then the entire system is restricted,” Krishna says in response to Trump asking what his company needs
• Trump asks for Krishna to provide list of countries
• NOTE: Nvidia Wins Trump’s Approval to Sell H200 AI Chips in China

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