Under negative public opinion, Jensen Huang faces calls to step down—who is putting a price on the chip giant?

BlockBeats news, November 13 — Jensen Huang ultimately failed to remain at the company he founded and continue steering it. According to reports, under pressure from the board's preparations to remove him. On November 12, Nvidia announced that he resigned from the positions of CEO, president, and director. The announcement described it as a resignation, a forced ouster that ended with a resignation letter. It made this founder, who had been at the helm for 33 years, hand over leadership.

A few days before Huang's departure, in an apology letter to employees, he wrote that he was "proud and grateful to be an American." More than a year earlier, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who had been publicly asked by Trump to resign, also said that the United States had been his home for more than forty years, "I love this country."

The heads of two American chip giants have both, at key moments, emphasized their American identity

They managed American companies, and their products were also regarded as symbols of American technological strength. When it came time to explain themselves, beyond technical achievements, there was another test.

This pressure has already entered public discourse. On November 11, the Asian American Journalists Association criticized The Economist and the New York Post for making an issue of the surname "Huang" in related reports, arguing that such expression easily links Asian American identity with suspicions of espionage and questions of loyalty. The controversy surrounding one company has begun to touch on how a group of people is viewed.

Turning attention to several other Chinese American chip leaders.

Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Intel were once simultaneously led by Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Hock Tan, and Lip-Bu Tan. All