Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reaffirmed the company’s confidence in the Chinese market on Wednesday, praising the strength of the country’s AI sector and supply chain while confirming that Nvidia is preparing to resume sales of its H20 AI chips in China.

Machine learning and automation will replace humans in factories within a decade, said Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang.

BEIJING: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called China's open-source artificial intelligence a "catalyst for global progress" and hailed the country's innovation in the sector as he addressed an expo in Beijing on Wednesday (Jul 16).

The approvals mark a major reversal after April’s sweeping restrictions, imposed by the Trump administration, barred companies from selling certain advanced semiconductors to China. Those rules left Nvidia facing a $4.5 billion inventory write-down, as it had no alternative buyers for its H20 chips.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday his firm was "doing our best" to serve China's vast market for semiconductors after meeting Beijing officials.

Nvidia was informed by the U.S. government in April that it needs a license to export its China-specific H20 chip into that market. The company took a $4.5 billion charge on account of the excess inventory of the unsold H20 chips that it was left with. Nvidia also lost $2.5 billion in revenue because of this restriction during the quarter.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang moved ahead of LVMH’s Bernard Arnault to become the world’s sixth-richest person as shares of the chipmaker rallied to an all-time high Tuesday, after the company said sales of its H20 AI chips would resume “soon” in China,