中国科技公司在美国制裁前获得NVIDIA芯片预购12B美元, Chinese tech firms secured $12B in NVIDIA chip preorders before US sanctions, stocking up amid AI race.

中国科技巨头Alibaba、Tencent和ByteDance在美国实施制裁之前,为NVIDIA的H20芯片取得了价值120亿美元的预购单,允许中国储存大量的芯片供应。 Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance secured $12 billion worth of preorders for NVIDIA's H20 chips before the US imposed sanctions, allowing China to stockpile significant chip supplies. 此举凸显了中国对外国半导体的严重依赖,中国于2024年进口了价值3 850亿美元的半导体,并强调了使供应商多样化和发展国内AI硬件的努力。 This move highlights China's heavy reliance on foreign semiconductors, having imported $385 billion worth in 2024, and underscores efforts to diversify suppliers and develop domestic AI hardware. 尽管受到制裁,分析家相信中国的AI势头将继续下去,技术公司将采取各种战略保持其竞争优势。 Despite sanctions, analysts believe China's AI momentum will continue, with tech firms adopting various strategies to maintain their competitive edge.