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“ChinAI #255: Panic buying, speculative booms, and whack-a-mole — what lengths will Chinese companies go to get an NVIDIA A100 chip?” by Jeffrey Ding

ChinAI Newsletter

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Competitive Frenzy for NVIDIA A100 Chips and Challenges for Chinese Companies

The chapter explores the intense competition between Chinese tech giants, ByteDance and Alibaba, as they race to secure NVIDIA A100 chips for their computing requirements. It delves into the tactics used, including advance chip purchases and renting computing power, revealing a price war scenario and the difficulties of navigating chip ecosystems.

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