Despite expectations, Trump did not discuss Nvidia's Blackwell chip with Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump may have teased that he could discuss Nvidia's state-of-the-art artificial intelligence Blackwell chips with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but in the end, he said the topic did not come up.



After Thursday's meeting in South Korea, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that semiconductors had been discussed and China was "going to be talking to Nvidia and others about taking chips", but added: "We're not talking about the Blackwell."



A day earlier, Trump had praised the Blackwell chip as "super-duper", adding he might speak to Xi about it, in comments that probably helped Nvidia make history as the first company to reach a $5-trillion valuation.



The extent of China's access to Nvidia's chips has been a key point of friction with the United States.



Washington imposes export controls on sales of Nvidia's most advanced AI chips to China, seeking to limit its tech progress, particularly in applications that could help its military.