China has dealt Nvidia another blow, finding the chipmaker in violation of the country's anti-monopoly Law and escalating a long-running regulatory headache into a full investigation.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday that its preliminary investigation found Nvidia violated the country's competition rules, as well as the terms of a conditional approval it granted in 2020 for one of Nvidia's acquisitions.

"Recently, after preliminary investigation, Nvidia violated the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China," the regulator asserted in a brief statement, translated by The Register .

With that box ticked, SAMR has escalated the case to a formal probe – a process that could end with hefty fines for Nvidia and potentially new operational res

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