China is boosting its crackdown on US chip imports – launching an antitrust investigation into Qualcomm and deploying customs officials to ports to weed out Nvidia processors.

China’s market regulator said Friday it was investigating whether Qualcomm’s acquisition of Israeli chip maker Autotalks marked a violation of Chinese antitrust law.

Shares in San Diego, Calif.-based Qualcomm fell 1.3% in the morning. 3

Qualcomm, which sells smartphone chips to major Chinese companies like Xiaomi, took control of Autotalks in June, about two years after the deal was announced.

A spokesperson for Qualcomm said the company is cooperating with Chinese regulators on the investigation.

“Qualcomm is committed to supporting the development and growth of our customers and partners,” the spokesperso

See Full Page