Russian media attention: NVIDIA will open an innovation research and development center in Shanghai for Chinese customers!
However, they do not plan to transfer any modified technology to China.
On May 17, multiple media outlets including Russia's "Public News Service" published articles.
NVIDIA already has approximately 2000 employees in Shanghai, but their tasks are limited to providing technical support for the brand's products and sales.
Now NVIDIA is interested in renting new office space, part of which will be located in the new research center. Its task is to collaborate with local NVIDIA clients, optimize products, and adapt them to changing U.S. export law requirements.
Russian media pointed out: As is well known, NVIDIA's steadfast leader opposes restrictions on the export of American technology because he is very interested in market expansion in the United States.
Last week, Huang Yansong said: "We hope to establish a global artificial intelligence where American standards apply globally. If we leave the market together, there is no doubt that others will take over. For example, Huawei is excellent and will occupy the market."
Russian media cited data from Chinese media: Last year, NVIDIA's revenue in China was $17 billion, accounting for about 14% of its total revenue. Huang believes that the size of the Chinese market may increase to $50 billion in a few years.
According to sources, U.S. laws prohibit NVIDIA from focusing on the development of graphics processors (GPUs) in China. For this reason, the function of the local Shanghai research center has been simplified to adapting and validating solutions that the U.S. has already prepared.
Russian media said: The company stated that they do not intend to transfer technology to China for modification.
Russian media quoted the British "Financial Times" as reporting that NVIDIA is currently trying to provide Chinese customers with new L20 accelerators that lack HBM high-speed memory and have speeds lower than H20.
Russian experts said: But Chinese companies are not rushing to place orders because Chinese alternatives may be faster in terms of computation.
Major clients such as ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent are still waiting to see if NVIDIA can provide valuable accelerators for them in the context of new sanctions.
The legal uncertainty does not yet allow NVIDIA to make a final decision on its own.
Russian netizens said: They want both the market and control over the technology.
Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1832318350169088/
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