While the demand is there, it's clear that's not the sole reason why Nvidia's RTX 50 series is impossible to find in stores. Many retailers received fairly low stock quantities, as Nvidia reportedly experienced manufacturing issues.

DeepSeek stunned the tech world with the release of its R1 "reasoning" model, matching or exceeding OpenAI's reasoning model for a fraction of the cost.

Nvidia shares' 9% recovery Tuesday was the second-best day in terms of market cap added for any company ever, trailing only a record it set in July.

These days, nothing is certain about the tech market or the world at large. Even Nvidia's seemingly bulletproof stock took a hammering on Monday, enduring

Deepseek collects similar data to American-based AI models, but Chinese laws could make that data more accessible to the government.