Nvidia wants China’s market share to secure the future of CUDA in the region — America’s trade war threatens Huang’s influence, and could bolster competition

Even as the head of the world’s first five trillion dollar company, this week hasn’t been great for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Despite all his efforts, President Trump did not discuss the sale of advanced Nvidia GPUs with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping this week, nor did he give the official go-ahead for Nvidia to develop and sell a cut-down version of its flagship Blackwell GPUs.

The ongoing trade war between the two world’s largest economies has Nvidia stuck in the middle, with the U.S. looking to maintain…