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China’s market regulator opens antitrust probe into NVIDIA over Mellanox deal

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Source: Caixin GlobalAlso reported by Yicai Global

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation said on 9 December 2024 it had opened an investigation into whether NVIDIA broke the Anti-Monopoly Law and the conditions attached to its 2020 purchase of Mellanox. SAMR approved that deal in April 2020 with conditions, including no unreasonable trading terms in China; NVIDIA said it would answer the regulator’s questions.

Why it matters

Beijing used competition law against the main US AI-chip supplier a week after new US export controls, putting NVIDIA’s China business under regulatory risk.

When
9 Dec 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0153
Where
China
Who
SAMR, NVIDIA, Mellanox
Authority
State Administration for Market Regulation
Target
NVIDIA
Action
investigation opened
Status
preliminary finding Sept 2025 · Enforcement ledger

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Caixin Global and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2024-0153: “China’s market regulator opens antitrust probe into NVIDIA over Mellanox deal.” wheresthe.ai, 9 Dec 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-samr-opens-nvidia-mellanox-probe-2024-12/ (source: Caixin Global).

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