In a striking assessment that underscores the narrowing gap in global tech supremacy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that China’s semiconductor technology is now only “nanoseconds behind” the US, signaling an era where Beijing could soon rival Washington in the race for AI hardware dominance.

Speaking on the tech podcast hosted by investors Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley, Huang said China’s progress is being fueled by its massive STEM talent pool, fierce work ethic, and intense internal competition among regional tech hubs. “China’s semiconductor technology, backed by a large talent pool, an intense work culture, and internal regional competition, has advanced to a point where it is only a few nanoseconds, or one-billionth of a second, behind the US,” Huang observed. Advertisement

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