Nvidia

Website

nvidia.com

Headquarters address

2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, United States

Stock Code

NASDAQ:NVDA

Year founded

1993

Supercomputer maker Sugon launches scaleX platform at an event in Kunshan, a city in eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: Handout

China’s Sugon launches AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia, Huawei

The Beijing-based supercomputer maker says its scaleX platform represents China’s first 10,000-card AI supercluster.

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SCMP Highlights

TikTok’s new US deal, China’s answer to Nvidia’s A100: SCMP daily highlights

5 hours ago

US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

19 Dec 2025 - 3:35PM

Science

Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s A100

Researchers harnessed the power of light to create a chip that could perform complex generative tasks with vastly improved energy efficiency.

19 Dec 2025 - 12:18PM

Researchers said the chips could make AI “more sustainable”. Photo: Shutterstock

Trump signs defence bill restricting investment in Chinese tech, military firms

Key provisions target contracts with Chinese biotech companies and outbound investment in technologies with military applications in China.

19 Dec 2025 - 2:54PMvideocam

China to remain biggest buyer of chipmaking equipment through 2027: SEMI

China chipmakers are projected to continue outspending the world on wafer fab equipment through 2027, report says.

19 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM

Editorial | Export curbs or not, Trump’s America can’t slow China’s tech surge

US debate over how to contain China’s tech development is irrelevant as Chinese domestic industry development has already taken full flight.

18 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

US President Donald Trump (left) shakes hands with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House in Washington on April 30. Photo: Getty Images

European Union

Opinion | A complicated new EU-China showdown is quietly taking shape

For now, both sides still need each other and there is nowhere else to turn. But behind this reliance, irritation and paranoia are rising.

18 Dec 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Opinion | China still needs Nvidia’s advanced AI chips – but for how long?

Beijing seems determined to take up the challenge of building most parts of the AI supply chain domestically.

17 Dec 2025 - 5:12PMvideocam

OpenAI in talks to raise US$10 billion from Amazon and adopt Trainium chips

The deal is under discussion could value OpenAI upwards of US$500 billion, a source said.

17 Dec 2025 - 3:50PM

OpenAI was last valued at US$500 billion in an employee share sale. Photo: Reuters

MetaX

MetaX stock soars 700% in Shanghai debut as traders snap up Chinese GPU maker

MetaX closes at 829.90 yuan on Wednesday, from its IPO price of 104.66 yuan, after gaining as much as 755 per cent in intraday trading.

17 Dec 2025 - 4:45PM

People learn about the AI computing power cabinet equipped with MetaX C600 general-purpose GPU chip at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Photo: Getty

IPO

Biren Technology’s Hong Kong IPO gets go-ahead from Beijing

Shanghai-based Biren plans to float about 372 million shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

16 Dec 2025 - 7:01PM

IPO

MetaX set for Shanghai debut amid frenzy over AI chip stocks, Nvidia uncertainty

The Shanghai-based graphics processing unit designer plans to raise US$596 million from the sale of 40.1 million shares.

16 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

China’s tech ambitions stoke red-hot chip IPO market

MetaX shares make their debut on Wednesday after a wildly popular IPO as China’s tech self-sufficiency push fuels investor demand for AI-related stocks.

16 Dec 2025 - 5:04PM

Why Nvidia chip is unlikely to derail ambitions of China’s Huawei, Moore Threads

China’s huge demand for AI computing power leaves room for growth for both US and domestic chips, analysts say.

15 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM

Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence processors will give China a much-needed boost in computing power. Photo: Shutterstock

United States

China’s AI sector poised for growth despite US restrictions: venture capitalist

China’s AI sector gains confidence with DeepSeek’s emergence, but tech ecosystem needs to improve, GSR United Capital’s Zhou Qi says.

16 Dec 2025 - 3:55PM

China stock market

‘China’s little Nvidia’ warns of overheating risks after 723% share surge

Moore Threads shares drop 13 per cent on Friday after the GPU maker cautions investors to ‘make decisions prudently and invest rationally’.

12 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM

United States

‘Architects of AI’ named Time’s 2025 Person of the Year

Time’s Person of the Year highlights how AI reshaped our world. Donald Trump was named 2024 honoree, succeeding 2023 winner Taylor Swift.

11 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM

The magazine cited 2025 as the year when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view” with no turning back. Photo: Shutterstock

China may buy Nvidia’s H200 – but homegrown chip strategy here to stay: analysts

Despite Trump easing curbs, domestic chipmakers expected to remain central to Beijing’s tech ambitions.

11 Dec 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

AI’s US$400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?

Before the AI wave unleashed by ChatGPT, cloud computing giants typically assumed that their chips and servers would last about six years.

11 Dec 2025 - 11:46AM

Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling

China’s top cybersecurity regulator has called Nvidia in for questioning about whether its products contain back doors.

11 Dec 2025 - 10:50AM

Mergers & Acquisitions

Chinese supercomputer maker Sugon and chip developer Hygon call off merger plans

The aborted merger dashes industry expectations for a major domestic ecosystem covering advanced processors and high-performance servers.

10 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM

Supercomputer maker Sugon remains the largest shareholder of chip designer Hygon. Photo: Handout

China’s Moore Threads to unveil AI chip road map to rival Nvidia’s CUDA system

Founder Zhang Jianzhong is expected to launch the firm’s next-generation AI chip architecture and MUSA platform road map in Beijing.

10 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM

Microsoft makes US$17.5 billion pledge for AI cloud in India

The country of 1.45 billion people is increasingly drawing the attention of AI power brokers as a market and a source of talent and data.

10 Dec 2025 - 12:03PM

US-China tech thaw? Trump clears Nvidia H200 exports – why it matters

It’s a ‘sliding scale’ strategy, analysts say of Trump’s U-turn – preserve American market share while dampening Beijing’s self-reliance push.

9 Dec 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping talk after a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Trump said on Monday that he had reached an agreement with Xi to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. Photo: Reuters

China’s AI developers to welcome Nvidia’s H200 chip shipments, analysts say

Nvidia faces stronger domestic competition from the likes of Huawei, Cambricon, Moore Threads and MetaX.

9 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM

Nvidia’s H200 chips are expected to be in demand in China after Washington approved shipments to the country. Photo: Shutterstock