Sources: Chinese tech companies bought 1M+ Nvidia gaming and workstation chips, mostly RTX 5090 and RTX Pro, for basic AI workloads amid an AI chip shortage
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The country's tech giants are snapping up products never designed for advanced AI to satisfy soaring computing demands
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