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carnewbie911@alien.topB to HardwareEnglish · 2 years ago

What is to stop people from doing the same here in the west? Chinese factory's disassemble 4090 and repurpose for AI GPU.

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What is to stop people from doing the same here in the west? Chinese factory's disassemble 4090 and repurpose for AI GPU.

carnewbie911@alien.topB to HardwareEnglish · 2 years ago
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Here is the link.

I can see people buying GPU, send it to Mexico, and do the same, then export the chips to China. Since China is already offshoring their production to Mexico, the logistic chain is already there.

https://www.techpowerup.com/316066/special-chinese-factories-are-dismantling-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-graphics-cards-and-turning-them-into-ai-friendly-gpu-shape

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    newer chips take less energy for the same computation so no

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      Anything NEW usually takes up a significant amount of resource to make.

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