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Reuters reports IDC Chinese AI-accelerator shipment shares for first-half 2026

Reuters published IDC estimates October 13 showing first-half 2026 China data-center AI accelerator shipments: Nvidia 678,000 units and 34 percent share, down 44 percent year-over-year; Huawei 572,000 and 28 percent share, 2.008 million total units. A newly reported estimate of prior-period shipments, not verified installed compute, parity in effective performance or a policy enacted on October 13. IDC's complete primary survey tables were not inspected.