China has launched an antitrust probe into chip giant Nvidia, as competition with the US deepens over the development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Chinese state media on Monday night reported that the State Administration of Market Regulation had in recent days opened an investigation into Nvidia for alleged antitrust violations.
The state media report indicated that China’s market regulator was also reviewing the US chipmaker’s commitments made during its $6.9bn acquisition of Mellanox, an Israeli-American supplier of networking products. China’s market regulator conditionally approved the deal in 2020.