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Domestic First: China Urges Firms to Skip NVIDIA and Buy Local Semiconductors

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China is actively encouraging its domestic businesses to prioritize the purchase of homegrown semiconductor chips over NVIDIA’s artificial intelligence processors, a move aimed at strengthening its chip industry.

According to Bloomberg, Chinese regulators have implemented new restrictions on acquiring NVIDIA’s H20 chips. This initiative appears to serve a dual purpose: protecting China’s AI startups from potential vulnerabilities and alleviating tensions with the United States. Furthermore, it is perceived as a strategy to enhance the market share of domestic AI chip manufacturers and to prepare local tech firms for any future sanctions from the U.S.

In 2022, the U.S. government banned the sale of advanced AI chips from NVIDIA to Chinese clients. In response, NVIDIA adapted its chip designs to comply with U.S. Commerce Department regulations. Since that time, China has issued guidelines urging companies to source from domestic suppliers such as Huawei and Cambricon.

Despite trade restrictions, NVIDIA has experienced a surge in sales as global data centers vie for its processors, and China remains a significant part of this growth. However, local chip manufacturers are racing to develop alternatives to NVIDIA’s offerings, although their AI chips still lag considerably behind those of their American counterpart.

Even amid U.S. restrictions, China’s AI sector continues to expand rapidly, with firms like ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holdings making substantial investments. Numerous startups are vying for market leadership, and some are defying the Chinese government’s ban on H20 chip usage by hastily procuring additional chips to circumvent anticipated U.S. sanctions by year’s end.

Daniel Kim
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