Nvidia has asked its big distributors, including Super Micro and Dell, to conduct spot checks of their customers in Southeast Asia

Shares of the company— Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) — jumped 4.35% after its removal from the list

China's anti-monopoly probe into Nvidia comes just two weeks after it said it would support the American chipmaker's efforts ’to take root’ in the country

Beijing said it 'welcomed Nvidia's continued investment in China' and that it will support the chipmaker's efforts 'to continue to take root' in the country

Chinese chipmakers are racing to rival Nvidia on AI chips as increasing export restrictions by US — and its allies — slow the growth of China’s tech industry

The world's top chipmaker faces limits on what chips it can make in the US at a time when the incoming Trump Administration could put increasing production-related demands on it

The move, which will have far-reaching consequences for China’s semiconductor supply chains and tech giants, came after US officials visited Taiwan last week

TSMC was a key supplier for China's Huawei until 2020 when Washington introduced new rules that barred the firm from continuing to do so

Chinese chip stocks are riding a broader rally brought on by a stimulus package from Beijing towards the end of September that pumped up beaten-down stocks across the mainland

Huawei has sent out samples of its new Ascend 910C to top Chinese server companies, but issues continue to persist with the chip's predecessor

The chipmakers have been in the crosshairs of US officials due to the headway they've made in HBM chips used in artificial intelligence chipsets

Shares of Chinese chips firms were on a high on reports the country had developed chipmaking machines of its own, but experts doubt they are much of a 'breakthrough'