Surprisingly, China is probing Nvidia over its 2020 deal to buy Israeli-American company Mellanox, which designed networking products for supercomputers and data centers.
China is signaling it could crack down on Nvidia by launching an antitrust probe into the GPU vendor. On Monday, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced the investigation over allegations that Nvidia violated the country’s anti-monopoly laws.
Details are scant, but the Chinese regulator will review Nvidia’s years-old acquisition of Israeli-American company Mellanox, which designed networking products for supercomputers and data centers. In 2020, regulators worldwide, including in China, cleared the acquisition. However, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation is indicating that Nvidia may have violated the deal’s conditions.
In response, the company told PCMag: «Nvidia wins on merit, as reflected in our benchmark results and value to customers, and customers can choose whatever solution is best for them.
