Overview

• Financial Times reported that Chinese regulators instructed major firms including Alibaba and ByteDance to stop buying Nvidia’s China‑specific RTX Pro 6000D and to conclude any testing or orders.
• Beijing announced on Sept. 15 that it opened a full antitrust investigation into an Nvidia corporate acquisition, expanding scrutiny of the U.S. chip leader.
• Nvidia said it will invest $5 billion in Intel by purchasing ordinary shares at $23.28 each, with the transaction contingent on regulatory approvals.
• Nvidia and Intel disclosed a joint plan to develop data‑center and PC semiconductors that combine Nvidia GPU technology with Intel CPU capabilities, with Intel set to use Nvidia technology in PC chip production and Nvidia to receive processors from Intel.
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang promoted the collaboration at a briefing and said the U.S. administration was not involved, while separate reporting noted Washington had already taken an equity stake in Intel.