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Chinese Firms Reportedly Bought Over 1 Million NVIDIA Chips
Original: [News] Chinese Firms Reportedly Buy Over 1M NVIDIA Gaming, Workstation Chips as Domestic AI Supply Falls Short
Chinese companies have reportedly purchased more than one million NVIDIA gaming and workstation GPUs, repurposing them as an alternative source of computing power for AI work. The purchases come as domestic Chinese AI chip supply fails to keep up with demand, prompting firms to turn to consumer and professional-grade NVIDIA hardware to fill the gap despite export restrictions.
Why now: US export controls have restricted China's access to NVIDIA's data centre AI chips, pushing firms to improvise with gaming hardware.
Evidence
- [News] Chinese Firms Reportedly Buy Over 1M NVIDIA Gaming, Workstation Chips as Domestic AI Supply Falls Short · TrendForce
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