The initial investigation lays the groundwork for Beijing to potentially take further action against Nvidia
The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said in a one-line statement that Nvidia violated both antitrust laws and the Chinese government’s terms of approval for the company’s acquisition of Israeli interconnect solutions provider Mellanox Technologies in 2019.
The regulator said on Monday that its probe would continue, without providing further details.
Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The investigation was “part of the broader tug of war in US-China trade talks”, said Fei Zhichao, a semiconductor analyst at Longbridge Securities.
