chrisdh79@alien.topB to GadgetsEnglish · 1 year agoSidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI acceleratorswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI acceleratorswww.tomshardware.comchrisdh79@alien.topB to GadgetsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squarejoestaff@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOther way around. The US has banned shipments to China containing AI technology.
minus-squareDeltaVZerda@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAren’t they built in China tho?
minus-squareTheElectroPrince@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe PCBs are assembled there, but the actual GPUs (chips on the PCB) are made in Taiwan.
minus-squareDeltaVZerda@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo now that they can’t import them, where are they assembling the PCBs?
Other way around. The US has banned shipments to China containing AI technology.
Aren’t they built in China tho?
The PCBs are assembled there, but the actual GPUs (chips on the PCB) are made in Taiwan.
So now that they can’t import them, where are they assembling the PCBs?
Taiwan
They aren’t.