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Read previewChinese officials are asking domestic tech giants to buy locally-made AI chips instead of Nvidia's, The Information reported on Monday.
Chinese tech giants, The Information's sources said, are now expected to purchase equal numbers of locally and foreign-made AI chips for their new data centers.
China is a very important market for the technology industry," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told the Financial Times in May 2023.
Cupertino-based tech giant Apple, for instance, has been working to diversify its supply chains away from China.
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