Yup and these have been bought in very large quantities before the ban takes into effect. Nvidia is also shipping tons to China per the article before the ban.
I wonder if that has anything to do with the 4090 shortage tech sites and channels were talking about a couple weeks ago? They were speculating because of a 4080Ti release, but maybe it’s this?
Well it’s possible they buy from local market - gamers - offering good price. They can’t source AI cards like this. Not to mention it’s easier to source 4090 cards through unauthorized channels rather than AI card that’s not easily obtainable by general public.
IMO the title is total bullshit. They even write in the first paragraph that AI cards incl the 4090 are banned.
The reason for dismantling the cards is that they can make significantly smaller AI accelerators with the chips and the RAM.
Yup and these have been bought in very large quantities before the ban takes into effect. Nvidia is also shipping tons to China per the article before the ban.
I wonder if that has anything to do with the 4090 shortage tech sites and channels were talking about a couple weeks ago? They were speculating because of a 4080Ti release, but maybe it’s this?
Well it’s possible they buy from local market - gamers - offering good price. They can’t source AI cards like this. Not to mention it’s easier to source 4090 cards through unauthorized channels rather than AI card that’s not easily obtainable by general public.