ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent stockpiled Nvidia's AI chips before US curbs

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Cheng Ting-Fang, Lauly Li, Cissy Zhou

23 April, 2025

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