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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

An Nvidia Blackwell GPU is displayed at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Trump says Nvidia’s Blackwell AI chip not for ‘other people’

The possibility that Blackwell chips might be sold to Chinese firms has drawn criticism from China hawks in Washington.

3 Nov 2025 - 11:06AM

Nvidia

Jensen Huang’s chimaek dinner left out Nvidia’s No 1 supplier. Why?

3 Nov 2025 - 8:54AMvideocam

Nvidia

Video | Nvidia CEO mobbed in Seoul

31 Oct 2025 - 2:54PM

South Korea

Nvidia, Samsung chiefs bond over Korean fried chicken, lifting snack stocks

Jensen Huang also met Hyundai boss Chung Eui-sun at a restaurant and handed out chicken to onlookers gathered outside.

31 Oct 2025 - 2:47PMvideocam

Samsung Electronics boss Jay Y. Lee, Hyundai Motor’s Chung Eui-sun and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at a chicken restaurant in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: Yonhap/AFP

US-China trade war

After Xi-Trump talks, lack of a chip deal seen as tech-independence issue

Progress on other contentious points during presidential meeting masks ongoing US-China tensions over technological sovereignty and export controls, analysts say.

31 Oct 2025 - 4:38PMvideocam

Semiconductors

Samsung’s chip profit soars after AI fuels demand for memory

South Korea’s largest company has been trying to recover from a series of missteps that allowed SK Hynix to seize the lead in memory.

30 Oct 2025 - 11:24AM

United States

AI chip giant Nvidia becomes world’s first US$5 trillion company

The milestone comes three months after Nvidia reached the US$4 trillion mark, and is now equal to half the value of Europe’s Stoxx 600 index.

30 Oct 2025 - 7:24AMvideocam

Appetite for Nvidia’s chips is the main reason that the company’s stock price has increased so rapidly over the last two years. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia China hopes rekindled as Trump flags Blackwell chip talks with Xi

Expectations that Nvidia could resume AI chip sales to China lift its shares to record highs, as CEO signals confidence in a Trump deal.

29 Oct 2025 - 6:56PM

Donald Trump

Video | Nvidia CEO confident about US-China trade deal

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told journalists after a keynote speech to company investors that he supports US President Donald Trump’s plans for reaching a trade deal with China.

29 Oct 2025 - 5:51PM

Artificial intelligence

MetaX, backed by AMD veterans, enters spotlight with Shanghai listing

Shanghai-based MetaX has won approval to list on the city’s Star Market as China ramps up efforts to build its AI chip ecosystem.

28 Oct 2025 - 9:00AM

Known in Chinese as Muxi, MetaX was founded in 2020 by three veterans of US chipmaker AMD. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s fourth plenum

China’s economy can grow by up to 5% over next 5 years, ex-finance official says

Comments from Zhu Guangyao come as party Central Committee prepares for fourth plenum from Monday to finalise crucial 2026-2030 blueprint.

19 Oct 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

People walk past a brokerage house as an electronic board displays stock market information, in Beijing on October 13. Photo: Reuters

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud claims to slash Nvidia GPU use by 82% with new pooling system

The new Aegaeon system can serve dozens of large language models using a fraction of the GPUs previously required, potentially reshaping AI workloads.

18 Oct 2025 - 12:30PM

US-China tech war

Nvidia chief holds onto hope as China market share disappears

Jensen Huang calls exile of US technology from the mainland market a ‘mistake’, says company will continue to advocate for re-entry.

17 Oct 2025 - 4:11AMvideocam

US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

11 Oct 2025 - 12:05PMvideocam

The US and China are intensifying investments into AI. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

TSMC

TSMC posts better-than-expected sales on AI demand

The Taiwanese company is the go-to chipmaker for major AI accelerator designers including Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices.

9 Oct 2025 - 4:37PM

The TSMC fabrication plant in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photo: EPA

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia’s Huang says China is ‘nanoseconds’ behind in AI chips

Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, says China is close behind the US in AI chips, marking a stark contrast to Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei’s views earlier this year.

29 Sep 2025 - 5:00PM

SCMP Highlights

Hong Kong’s Metropol shutters, Japanese man regrets savings: 5 weekend reads

From a Japanese man’s retirement regrets to the ‘end of an era’ at Hong Kong’s Metropol, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

29 Sep 2025 - 2:58PM

Artificial intelligence

China is ‘nanoseconds behind’ US in chips, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

Allowing US companies to compete globally – including in China – would ‘maximise’ US economic success and influence, Huang says.

29 Sep 2025 - 9:04AM

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO and founder, speaks on BG2, a podcast hosted by tech investors Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley, on an episode posted on September 26, 2025. Photo: Handout

Artificial intelligence

Nvidia and OpenAI agree US$100 billion mega-deal to boost AI data centres

The Nvidia-OpenAI plan would deliver 10 gigawatts of power – equivalent to the peak electricity demand of New York City.

23 Sep 2025 - 11:37AM

Semiconductors

Nvidia bets big on Intel with US$5 billion stake, chip partnership

The move comes just weeks after the White House engineered a deal for the US to take a 10 per cent stake in Intel.

19 Sep 2025 - 9:54AM

US-China tech war

Huawei bypasses Nvidia AI chips in touting key breakthrough for China

US-sanctioned Huawei is playing a leading role in finding solutions that can empower China’s AI ambitions without relying on foreign tech.

18 Sep 2025 - 5:02PM

The Huawei booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 26, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO says he is disappointed by China’s reported chip curbs

China’s internet regulator is said to be banning domestic tech companies from buying an Nvidia chip model tailored for the local market.

17 Sep 2025 - 9:54PM

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a media briefing during a visit to London on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Donald Trump

Trump gets royal welcome in UK amid pomp and Epstein protests

King Charles is hosting the US president and first lady at Windsor Castle, as they make a historic second visit.

18 Sep 2025 - 5:33AM

US-China tech war

China finds US chip giant Nvidia violated anti-monopoly law

The initial investigation lays the groundwork for Beijing to potentially take further action against Nvidia.

16 Sep 2025 - 1:40PM

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI, Nvidia CEOs to announce UK data centre investments

OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang are part of a delegation of US executives expected to visit the country.

15 Sep 2025 - 11:37AM

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco, June 2, 2025. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Semiconductors

Chinese firms still want Nvidia chips despite Beijing concerns: sources

Alibaba, ByteDance and others are eager to buy Nvidia’s H20 and Blackwell-based B30A processors, people familiar with the matter say.

5 Sep 2025 - 9:59AM

Nvidia chips remain highly coveted by Chinese firms despite Beijing’s call not to buy them, sources say. Photo: Reuters

My Take

My Take | Trump offer of 600,000 Chinese student visas just more cheap talk

US president says one thing while his administration and numerous states do the opposite via discrimination and ill-treatment of arrivals.

29 Aug 2025 - 11:30PMvideocam

US-China relations

Trump, Nvidia talks to allow Blackwell chip sales in China will take time: CEO

Asked if he would agree if Trump demanded 15 per cent of such sales to China, chief executive Jensen Huang suggested he was open to the idea.

29 Aug 2025 - 6:04AMvideocam

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