Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taipei on Friday to visit chip foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., as the world¡¯s most valuable company navigates rising friction between Washington and Beijing over access to its industry-leading artificial intelligence chips.

¡°My main purpose coming here is to visit TSMC,¡± he told reporters, adding that he would only stay a few hours and leave after dinner with TSMC leaders, according to a live feed broadcast by local media at Taipei¡¯s Songshan airport, where he landed in a private jet.

He also said that TSMC had asked him to deliver a speech. TSMC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.