Odaily Planet Daily reported that France’s competition authority raided Nvidia’s local offices this week on suspicion that the company engaged in anti-competitive practices. This is the first major incident that Nvidia has faced since it emerged as the most important supplier of artificial intelligence chips. Regulatory inspections.
France's competition authority disclosed the raid on Wednesday, but did not say what conduct it was investigating or which company it was targeting, saying only that it was a company in the graphics card sector. But people familiar with the matter said the raid targeted Nvidia, the world's largest maker of artificial intelligence and computer graphics chips.
Such raids typically last several hours, with officers showing up early in the morning to search company premises, seize physical and digital materials, and question employees as they report to work. The French agency said the raid was approved by a judge.
The French agency said this week's action follows a wider investigation into the cloud computing industry over concerns that cloud companies are using their computing power to exclude smaller rivals.
A spokesman for the French agency declined to comment on the companies targeted in Tuesday's raids. French business magazine Challenges earlier reported that Nvidia was the target of the raid. Nvidia declined to comment. (Wall Street Journal Chinese website)
Sanya
