Nvidia has denied a report which claimed that the American chipmaker has imposed certain payment terms on Chinese customers for its advanced H200 AI chips. The report, published by the news agency Reuters, suggested that Nvidia was demanding these “upfront payments” to protect itself from uncertainty on H200 chip sales in China. However, Nvidia says…
The Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data centre projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made artificial intelligence chips, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. In recent weeks, Chinese regulatory authorities have ordered such data centres that are less than 30% complete to remove all installed foreign chips,…
The Trump Administration has intensified its crackdown on Chinese technology companies, expanding export restrictions to include subsidiaries of companies already on the US Department of Commerce’s entity list. The move, aimed at closing a significant loophole in existing sanctions, has sparked sharp criticism from Beijing as tensions in the US-China technology race continue to mount….
After a chastening crackdown that wiped billions off their value and forced top executives out of the public eye, China’s technology giants are back in favour and on the front foot, making deals and snapping up assets. At the top of the pile are Alibaba Group and Tencent , two huge players that used to…