China opens antitrust probe into Qualcomm over its Autotalks deal

China has launched an antitrust investigation into U.S. semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm over its acquisition of Israel's Autotalks, China's market regulator said on Friday. China's State Administration for Market Regulation said the probe would look at whether Qualcomm violated China's antitrust law by not lawfully declaring some details in its acquisition of the Israeli chip designer. Qualcomm's shares were down 2.8 percent in premarket trading. San Diego-based Qualcomm said in June it had finalised the deal for Autotalks, which makes communications chips to help prevent car crashes, without disclosing the size, or how it had resolved earlier sticking points. Qualcomm had said in 2024 it would drop the bid for Autotalks after it failed to get regulatory approvals in a timely manner. Qualcomm did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Chinese probe. In 2015, the major supplier of mobile phone chips paid a $975 million fine to resolve a Chinese antitrust case. The latest investigation comes after Beijing last month accused U.S. AI chip maker Nvidia of violating China's aWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times