EU starts early-stage probe into Nvidia-dominated AI chip market's abuses: report

The European Union is examining alleged anticompetitive abuses in chips used for artificial intelligence, a market which Nvidia dominates, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

To understand if there could be the need for future intervention, the European Commission has been informally collecting views on potentially abusive practices in the sector for graphics processing units (GPUs), which are used for AI work as well for gaming, the report said.

Nvidia declined to comment, while the European Commission did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for a comment.


This follows a similar move by French authorities, who have been interviewing market players on Nvidia's key role in AI chips, its price policy, the shortage of chips and its impact on prices, the report added.

France's competition authority raided Nvidia's local offices this week on suspicion the chipmaker engaged in anticompetitive practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.