China has halted the sale of Nvidia's AI chips after regulators summoned major domestic firms, including Huawei, Cambricon, Alibaba and Baidu, to compare their own processors with Nvidia's limited‑supply products. Officials concluded that Chinese AI chips now match or exceed the performance of the Nvidia chips allowed under U.S. export controls, prompting a consensus that domestic supply can meet demand without further Nvidia imports. Nvidia recently introduced the RTX Pro 6000D in Beijing, while regulators warned companies against purchasing Nvidia’s H20 chip, signalling a tightening of restrictions on foreign AI hardware.
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