China may allow Alibaba, ByteDance to buy Nvidia’s new RTX Pro 5500 chips (BABA:NYSE)

China may allow Alibaba, ByteDance to buy Nvidia’s new RTX Pro 5500 chips (BABA:NYSE)

By Rob Williams
Publication Date: 2026-09-27 17:39:00

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China is signaling that some of its biggest technology companies may be permitted to buy Nvidia’s (NVDA) newly released RTX Pro 5500 chips, potentially opening another channel for the U.S. chipmaker in the strategically important Chinese market.

Chinese regulators have