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ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent reportedly ordered more than 3 million Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 workstation GPUs worth over $35 billion. The chips comply with US export controls on China, highlighting sustained demand from China’s AI-computing shortage.
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'ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent Place Over $35 Billion Worth of Nvidia Chip Orders' - Reuters Exclusive ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent have ordered more than 3 million RTX PRO 5500 workstation GPUs New chip is compliant with US export controls on China Demand shows how China's AI-computing shortage is sustaining interest in Nvidia despite curbs ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia's new RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards with a collective sticker price of over $35 billion, two people familiar with the matter said, in a rush for a less powerful but export-compliant chip amid US restrictions on trade with China. US-based chipmaker Nvidia has told customers and partners it cannot guarantee that it can fill the orders because demand from Chinese technology companies far exceeds planned production, the two sources and a third person familiar with the matter said. They requested anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media.