What’s behind China’s late investigation into Nvidia’s acquisition of Mellanox?
10.12.24|CTech and Reuters
The probe, coming as tensions between the US and China escalate over semiconductor technology and trade policies, is scrutinizing whether Nvidia breached commitments made during the 2020 conditional approval of the Mellanox deal. These conditions included providing fair access to GPU accelerators and Mellanox networking equipment in China and prohibiting anti-competitive practices like forced bundling and discriminatory terms.