Chinese companies are ramping up orders for Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chip due to booming demand for DeepSeek's low-cost AI models, six people familiar with the matter said.The surge in orders,

Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance are said to have significantly increased orders of the H20 since DeepSeek gained global attention.

Surge in orders underlines Nvidia's dominance of the market and could help alleviate concerns that DeepSeek might cause a slide in AI chip demand

Chinese companies are ramping up orders for Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chip due to booming demand for DeepSeek's low-cost AI models, six people familiar with the matter said.

Demand for Nvidia's pricey artificial intelligence chips will be in focus when the company reports results on Wednesday as investors doubt the hefty spending on the technology after low-cost AI models from China's DeepSeek rattled the industry.