More misinformation rolling out from the wall street propaganda machine. Nvidia never said that upfront payments was required.so who come up with that story.  Wall street looking for cheap Nvidia stock provably. These headlines amd news bytes can't be trusted. No wonder professional traders dont listen to the(fake) news and analyst propaganda mill.

Yes they are getting excellent returns. I would not Pay attention to those who are trying to talk that prices down, probably so they can buy them. Nvidia and Palantir are achieving excellent realized returns.

China  set to approve NVIDIA chips?Sounds like misinformation , judging by stock price, no one believes it

What is to stop Nvidia making TPU chips to? The market gets jittery over everything.  Anyone needs to just  look at NVDia's balance sheet as they have the capital  and expertise and experience in chip design  to move into and dominate in that area as well.  

$NVIDIA(NVDA)$  they haven't, it's only  market sentiment, ie NVDIA is  performing financially better than ever. It is probably because of negative headlines such as these  put out by analysts whoose  firms  want to buy these shares at a bargain after spooking the market.