The dust hasn't even settled yet after Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia CEO, and the US government is already making it pretty clear where it stands on who gets the job next.
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress has taken up the role of CEO following Huang's departure, but only on an interim basis. The Nvidia board will have to decide on a full-time replacement to take over from Huang, who had led the company since its founding in 1993.
The chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, John Moolenaar, has put out a statement on the high-profile departure. It reads:
“Jensen Huang’s firing from the company he founded is an unfortunate end that could have been avoided."
"It is in our national interest for Nvidia and our other AI champions to succeed, but American companies should never jeopardize our nation’s security by giving Chinese companies access to their most advanced chips. Nvidia must now change its corporate practices and appoint leadership that makes national security its top priority."
Moolenaar also says that Congress should aim to increase control over exports of top AI chips to China, with further export control legislation in the national defense bill by the end of the year.
Some in the US government are more opposed to China than others, and the China committee most among them.
Currently, Nvidia is allowed to sell its second-best AI chips to China, the H200, with the Commerce Department picking up a fee for rubber-stamping any applications by Chinese companies for them.
That's been a contentious approach, with a recent report stating some cards may be landing in the hands of companies with dubious operations. Though clearly trying to totally block sales doesn't always work either, as chip smuggling is an issue.
To add to that, the Chinese Communist Party may not even want the chips heading to companies in the country. Reports suggest many are stuck in Hong Kong, waiting to be released, and they dilly-dallied for a while on agreeing to import them in the first place.
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