US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Nvidia's advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence (AI) would not be available to “other people,” Reuters reported.

Nvidia dominates the AI chip market and recently hit a $5 trillion market capitalisation.

Trump's latest statement to reporters aboard Air Force One indicates his administration's unwillingness to grant broad overseas access to the valuable chip.

"The new Blackwell that just came out, it's 10 years ahead of every other chip," the report quoted Trump, who was going to Washington after a weekend in Florida. "But no, we don't give that chip to other people," he said. Also Read | Semiconductor Stocks & ETFs: Spotlight on the Chip Boom

The potential sale of Blackwell chips to Chinese companies has faced criticis

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