00:00China has ordered its leading technology companies to stop buying Nvidia's artificial intelligence
00:06chips and to cancel existing orders.
00:09The instruction issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China is part of Beijing's broader effort
00:16to reduce reliance on United States technology.
00:21According to the Financial Times, companies including ByteDance and Alibaba have been
00:26told to stop testing and cancel purchases of Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, a chip design for the Chinese market.
00:35This ban is stricter than earlier guidance, which had focused on blocking Nvidia's previous
00:39China-specific model, the H2O.
00:43So far, Nvidia, ByteDance and Alibaba have not commented.
00:47Shares in Nvidia slipped 1% in pre-market trading following the report.
00:52The United States has already imposed strict limits on China's access to advanced semiconductors,
00:58a policy carried forward under successive administrations.
01:02In turn, Beijing has pressed domestic firms to reduce dependence on American suppliers.
01:07The latest move comes just days after China accused Nvidia of violating its anti-monopoly law.
01:13The agreement with
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