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Nvidia boss 'disappointed' by reported China chip ban

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Nvidia boss 'disappointed' by reported China chip ban

Mr Huang is one of a number of tech bosses, including Microsoft's Satya Nadella , accompanying US President Donald trump on his state visit to the UK.

"There are a lot of places we can't go to, and that's fine," he told reporters on Wednesday.

Jensen Huang added he would be "patient" in response to the move from China's internet regulator.

The boss of Nvidia says he is "disappointed" that China has reportedly ordered its top technology companies to halt purchases of the firm's artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Nvidia - the world's leading chipmaker - had previously been banned from selling its most advanced chips to China, before Trump reversed the ban in July.

Nvidia has to pay 15% of its Chinese revenues to the US government in an unprecedented deal struck in the summer.

On Wednesday morning, the Financial Times reported that China's Cyberspace Administration had told tech companies to stop using Nvidia chips which had specifically been manufactured for the Chinese market.

Shares of the US company were down more than 1% in premarket trading.

Mr Huang said he would "support the US" as they try to resolve geopolitical issues, and would tell the same thing to Trump if he is asked about it on Wednesday evening.

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