China will continue to investigate the American chips giant Nvidia after the preliminary results showed that there were violated the antitrust law From the country, the Chinese market regulator said Monday.
The brief statement from the State Administration for Market Regulation did not explain in detail how the American company, known for its Artificial Intelligence Chips And games, I could have violated China’s antitrust laws.
In December, China initiated an investigation against Nvidia for what it considered alleged violations of the country’s antimonopoolio law, an investigation that was widely seen as a hit against Washington’s restrictions on the Chinese chip sector.
The Chinese regulator also said that the American chip manufacturer was also suspected of violating the commitments he assumed during his acquisition of Israeli chips designer Mellanox Technologiesaccording to the terms described in its conditional approval of 2020 of that agreement.
The Samr added Monday that it would continue its investigations. Nvidia did not respond immediately to a request for comments.
According to the Chinese antitrust lawcompanies can face fines between 1% and 10% of their annual sales of the previous year. China generated revenues of 17,000 million dollars for NVIDIA in the fiscal year that ended on January 26, that is, 13% of total sales, according to their latest annual report.
The announcement of the Chinese market regulator is known while the United States and China maintain Commercial conversations in Madridin which the chips are expected to be manufactured by NVIDIA, appear on the agenda.
