Washington Opens the Door on Nvidia Chips. Beijing Starts Closing It.

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Washington spent years blocking Nvidia's advanced chips from China. Tuesday, the Trump administration approved H200 exports with a 25% government cut. By afternoon, Beijing told its own companies to hold off.

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SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage

cnbc - South Korea's SK Hynix will invest 19 trillion Korean won into a new advanced packaging plant, as the company attempts to meet growing memory demands.

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Nvidia’s Blackwell gaming GPUs go through blower-style transformation to fuel AI data centers — RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5060 Ti blower GPUs up for purchase in China

tomshardware - China's underground GPU operations have birthed a few more spectacles, new Nvidia RTX 50-series SKUs with blower-style coolers, aimed at data centers and server farms. Listed on Taobao, the RTX 5080, 5070 Ti, 5060 Ti & more are all priced higher than thei…

Back to Top / Saturday, January 10, 2026, 11:20 am / permalink 17736 / 2 stories in 7 wks

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices

cnbc - Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.

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Fearing Sudden Pullouts and Policy Shocks, NVIDIA Makes H200 AI Chip Sales to Chinese Customers Pay-First, With Zero Room for Refunds

Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - NVIDIA is reportedly adopting a new strategy regarding the sales of its H200 AI chip to China, and it is claimed that the company is demanding that domestic clients pay upfront. NVIDIA Wants to "Hedge" Against Uncertainity In the China Business, By Gettin…

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Nvidia says H200 demand in China is 'very high' as export licenses near completion — a month after the green light, Huang has high hopes for China buy-in despite political sensitivity

tomshardware - Nvidia says demand in China for its H200 data center GPU is “very high,” as it works through the final stages of U.S. export licensing, according to comments from Jensen Huang at CES 2026.

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Nvidia Details New A.I. Chips and Autonomous Car Project With Mercedes

Tripp Mickle / nytimes - At the CES conference, Jensen Huang, the company’s chief executive, said the more efficient and powerful chip would begin shipping later this year.

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AMD Ryzen AI 400 Laptop CPUs Launch: Up To 12 “Zen 5” Cores, 5.2 GHz CPU Clocks, 60 TOPS, 8533 MT/s Memory & 70% Faster Than Lunar Lake At Same TDP

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - AMD has officially launched its next-gen Ryzen AI 400 "Gorgon Point" CPUs for laptops, bringing better performance & improved features. AMD Ryzen AI 400 "Gorgon Point" Refreshes Strix With 10-12% Faster Performance, Upgraded Features, & Even More Copilot+…

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AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Is The Fastest Gaming CPU, Now Official With 5.6 GHz Clocks, Crushes Intel 285K With Up To 60% Faster Performance

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - AMD has officially announced its fastest 3D V-Cache CPU for gamers, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, with up to 5.6 GHz clock speeds. AMD 3D V-Cache Lineup Gets Boosted With The Fastest Gaming CPU To Date, The Ryzen 7 9850X3D As expected, AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU is…

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Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 series launches at CES with Intel’s newest chips and a refined design

Mat Smith / engadget - In addition to huge TVs, compact projectors, Trifolds and more, Samsung announced a new family of laptops at CES called the Galaxy Book 6 series. The company says it’s focused on what matters and on what you, hopefully, want in your next laptop. That mean…

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NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - NVIDIA is reportedly going to recommence production of its GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs owing to DRAM shortages. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs Might Soon Make A Return On Retail Shelves As DRAM Shortages Hamper Current-Gen Supply NVIDIA started to discontinue its…

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MSI’s RTX 5090 Lightning shatters GPU records before launch — 40-phase VRAM and dual 12V-2x6 connectors turn heads on upcoming overclocking monster

tomshardware - Several benchmark records have appeared online, with users saying they're from the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning, which the company is expected to announce on January 5 at CES 2026.

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China Demands Netherlands 'Correct Mistakes' Over Seized Chipmaker as Auto Supply Crunch Deepens

msmash / slashdot - China's Commerce Ministry on Wednesday demanded that the Netherlands "immediately correct its mistakes" over chipmaker Nexperia, escalating a standoff that has disrupted global semiconductor supply chains and triggered warnings from automakers about compo…

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Nvidia plans H200 production ramp at TSMC while China debates whether to let the chips in

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is sitting pretty: Chinese tech companies want to buy more than two million H200 chips. The company is now in talks with TSMC to ramp up production.The article Nvidia plans H200 production ramp at TSMC while China debates whether t…

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