HONG KONG/TAIPEI -- In the depths of Taiwan's largest electronics market, Guanghua Digital Plaza, purchasing agents dashed from one store to another last October, sweeping Nvidia's RTX 4090 graphics cards onto flatbed trolleys and leaving shelves empty of the premium chips.
Gamers across Asia are struggling to find the RTX 4090 in stores as the Nvidia-made graphic card becomes a hot commodity in Hong Kong and China (Source photos by Lauly Li and Reuters)
Business Spotlight
Nvidia chip prices soar in Asia on U.S. curbs and AI boom
Gamers feel the pinch as graphics cards become targets of latest export controls
Read Next
Latest on Business Spotlight
.JPG?width=178&fit=cover&gravity=faces&dpr=2&quality=medium&source=nar-cms&format=auto&height=100)
