Nvidia’s H20 chip ban is lifted, but the production mess is just beginning
Supply chain pressed snooze
The much-hyped lifting of the US ban on Nvidia’s H20 AI chips sounds like a win, but the reality is a lot messier.
Nvidia makes CUDA play nice with RISC-V
GPU giant eyes open silicon for edge
At the 2025 RISC-V Summit in China, Nvidia dropped a bombshell by revealing that its CUDA software platform will now run on RISC-V CPUs.
Lenovo Legion Go 2 prototypes leak in China
Pre-production units with older Ryzen Z2 chips surface on grey markets
Lenovo’s upcoming Legion Go 2 gaming handheld is already leaking into the wild, with Chinese resellers offering pre-launch prototypes despite no official release.
Trump’s UAE chip deal stalls over China threat
National security fears threaten Nvidia’s billion-dollar AI bonanza
A deal to ship billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia’s cutting-edge AI chips to the United Arab Emirates is stuck in the mud as Trump administration officials squabble over national security risks.
Nvidia has only won a brief reprieve in the US–China chip war
China troubles are not over
Nvidia's joy after the Trump administration loosened export restrictions, allowing the AI chip giant to sell its H20 processors in China, might be short lived, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Trump bends on Nvidia chip sales to China
Beijing visit by CEO prompts rare reversal
Nvidia has wrung a rare concession out of the Trump administration, securing permission to flog its H20 artificial intelligence chip in China after a tense few months of uncertainty.
Nvidia to launch stripped down AI chip for China
Chipmaker sidesteps US export bans with a neutered Blackwell
Nvidia is plotting to flog a China-specific AI chip in September. It's a lobotomised version of the Blackwell RTX Pro 6000, tweaked just enough to duck under the US's tightened export controls.
China uses cut-price AI to break the US tech chokehold
DeepSeek and Alibaba muscle into markets as Western firms squabble over premiums
The Wall Street Journal reckons China is building an AI ecosystem that dodges US influence and the rest of the world seems happy to go along with it.
China's GPU hopefuls eye IPOs
Moore Threads and MetaX want your yuan
Two of China’s homegrown GPU outfits, Moore Threads and MetaX, are apparently getting ready to shake the tin at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
US backs down on chip tool ban
China lifts rare earth curbs
The US government has walked back its export bans on chip design software for Chinese firms. The revocation, reported by Bloomberg, is part of a broader trade deal with Beijing, which is dropping its own export restrictions on rare earths in return.