Overview

• China’s internet regulator told major firms to halt tests and purchases of Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D, according to the Financial Times, with Alibaba and ByteDance among those affected.
• Nvidia designed the RTX Pro 6000D for China with elements of its Blackwell technology, and it was one of the few models still sellable there under prior U.S. export limits.
• Chinese authorities concluded domestic AI chips are comparable to available Nvidia parts and have been steering buyers toward local suppliers while probing Nvidia on antitrust grounds.
• Nvidia announced a $5 billion investment to acquire Intel shares and a technical collaboration under which Intel will build NVIDIA‑custom x86 data‑center CPUs and x86 SoCs that integrate RTX GPU chiplets via NVLink for PCs.
• Intel’s shares jumped roughly 30% in premarket trading after the announcement, while the companies did not provide a timeline for the first products.