chrisdh79@alien.topB to Gadgets@hardware.watchEnglish · 11 months agoSidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI acceleratorswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: PCGaming@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI acceleratorswww.tomshardware.comchrisdh79@alien.topB to Gadgets@hardware.watchEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: PCGaming@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareThatGenericName2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoIsn’t the chip itself the thing that’s banned?
minus-squareNorthern23@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoYup, any chip that reaches a specific processing power is banned
minus-squareUbango_v2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoChips are used in warfare and they don’t want China to get that.
minus-squareilyich_commies@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThe irony here is that blocking China from importing certain chips will do little except pressure them even more to develop their own chip manufacturing industry, which is already growing fast
Isn’t the chip itself the thing that’s banned?
Yup, any chip that reaches a specific processing power is banned
Okay, but why?
Chips are used in warfare and they don’t want China to get that.
The irony here is that blocking China from importing certain chips will do little except pressure them even more to develop their own chip manufacturing industry, which is already growing fast
It buys time