Nov 2 (Reuters) - Nvidia's ( NVDA ) advanced Blackwell

chip for artificial intelligence would not be available to

"other people," U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday.

Nvidia ( NVDA ), the world's most valuable company, dominates the

market for AI chips.

Questions have swirled about whether Trump would allow

shipments of a version of the Blackwell to China since August,

when he suggested he might allow sales of a scaled-down version

of Nvidia's ( NVDA ) next-generation advanced GPU chip in China.

However, Trump's remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One

suggest his administration may not be inclined to grant broad

overseas access to the prized chip.

"The new Blackwell that just came out, it's 10 years ahead

of every other chip," Trump said as he flew to Washington after

a weekend in Florida. "But no, we don't give that chip to other

people," he added.

The possibility that Blackwell chips might be sold to

Chinese firms has drawn criticism from China hawks in

Washington, who fear the technology would supercharge China's

military capabilities and accelerate its AI development.

Republican Congressman John Moolenaar, who chairs the House

Select Committee on China, said such a move "would be akin (to)

giving Iran weapons-grade uranium."

Trump had hinted he might discuss the chips with Chinese

President Xi Jinping ahead of their summit in South Korea last

week, but ultimately said the topic did not come up.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) CEO Jensen Huang said last week that Nvidia ( NVDA ) has not

sought U.S. export licenses for the Chinese market because of

Beijing's stance on the company.

"They've made it very clear that they don't want Nvidia ( NVDA ) to

be there right now," he said during a developers' event, adding

that it needed access to China to fund U.S.-based research and

development.

Nvidia ( NVDA ) said on Friday that it would supply more than 260,000

Blackwell AI chips to South Korea and some of the country's

biggest businesses, including Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ).