And the crown jewel of this is Nvidia's AI chips, known as graphics processing units (GPUs). They drive key AI tasks such as training and inferencing -- and importantly, they are the world's most powerful and sought-after accelerators.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited China on Thursday as the executive behind high-powered artificial-intelligence chips seeks to navigate the trade war between the U.S. and China.

Jensen Huang is balancing Nvidia’s growing U.S. manufacturing push with efforts to preserve key partnerships in China amid rising trade tensions.