From NVIDIA, we learn that the brand is under investigation by the US Department of Justice. The chameleon is suspected of anti-competitive practices. The origin of this investigation? The fact that the company’s AI boards are selling like hotcakes, despite being much more expensive than those of competitors Intel and AMD!
The U.S. Department of Justice on the NVIDIA case!
Since ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has clearly been on a roll. In fact, since 2022, we’ve been constantly hearing about AI. However, this popularity is having a profound impact on the IT sector, to such an extent that the chameleon was named the company with the highest stock market valuation!
Over the past two years, the green company has established itself as No. 1 in hardware for artificial intelligence, with products such as the H100 and A100. In the near future, the company will be launching even more powerful GPUs from the Blackwell generation.
However, even if these products are selling like hotcakes (the brand ships entire cargos of cards), they are still very expensive. At present, you can expect to pay between $30,000 and $40,000 for an H100 (depending on version), while AMD’s equivalent competitor, the Instinct MI300X, retails for $10,000.
This is the reason why the U.S. Department of Justice took an interest in the brand. How can a company selling its products at three times the price of its main competitor hold an 80% market share? The U.S. justice system suspects anti-competitive practices such as forced sales.
The company has already been caught red-handed in the past. We remember the GeForce Partner Program a few years ago. More recently, rumours have been circulating that the company is not playing fair with its partners who sign up with Intel for GPU Battlemage.
All that remains now is to see what the results of the investigation will show, but for that…, patience.
