Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang made a brief stop in Taipei on 22 August to meet leaders of chip-foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Huang told reporters at Songshan Airport that the primary purpose of his few-hour visit was to dine with TSMC executives and discuss production plans for six new chips taped out on Nvidia’s forthcoming Rubin architecture. Huang said he is “very grateful” that Washington cleared exports of Nvidia’s H20 artificial-intelligence accelerator to China in July, adding that the shipments do not pose a national-security risk. Beijing recently questioned whether the chip contains hidden backdoors; Huang reiterated that the product has none and said the company is in talks with Chinese authorities to address their concerns. The CEO confirmed Nvidia is also discussing with the U.S. government whether it may offer China a higher-performance successor to the H20, internally dubbed the B30A, but stressed the decision ultimately rests with regulators. Separately, the company has asked some suppliers to pause additional H20 production while it works through existing inventory, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Reuters. Huang lavished praise on TSMC, calling the Taiwanese firm “one of the greatest companies in the history of humanity” and “a very good investment,” and said the foundry’s growth trajectory remains strong. His visit comes amid heightened U.S.–China friction over advanced semiconductors and follows a $1 trillion surge in Nvidia’s market value after President Donald Trump authorised the resumed sale of the H20 in July.