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Digitimes October 22, 2026 By Levi Li neutral

Charts: Nvidia's China AI chip lead shrinks 80% as Huawei closes in

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Nvidia's lead over Huawei in China's AI accelerator market has narrowed by 80% in a year, bringing CEO Jensen Huang's warnings about losing the country's US$50 billion AI chip market closer to reality. According to IDC, Huawei shipped 572,000 Ascend chips in the first half of 2026, securing a 28% market share, just 6pp behind Nvidia, compared with a 31pp gap a year earlier.
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