Jensen Huang says Nvidia chips are in high demand: ‘People emotional, it’s tense’

At a Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco, Jensen Huang said, “We have a lot of people on our shoulders, and everybody is counting on us. Demand is so great that delivery of our components, our technology, infrastructure, and software is really emotional for people.”

Demand for Nvidia’s latest line of chips Blackwell has soared, he said, resulting in suppliers to which the company has outsourced hardware production still catching up.

He said, “We probably have more emotional customers today. Deservedly so. It’s tense. We’re trying to do the best we can.”

In August, Nvidia said that its next generation of AI chips Blackwell would be delayed by two to three months. The delay meant that shipments would be pushed to the first quarter of 2025 instead of later this year, affecting customers like Meta, Microsoft, and Google, which sparked concerns.

However, Jensen Huang promised in an earnings call last month that the company would ship out billions of dollars worth of Blackwell GPUs by the fourth quarter.

This comes as Nvidia’s stock slid 9.5% last week, shedding $278.9 billion in valuation — the biggest single-day loss ever recorded by a US company.