chrisdh79@alien.topB to Gadgets@hardware.watchEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: PCGaming@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareThatGenericName2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIsn’t the chip itself the thing that’s banned?
minus-squareNorthern23@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYup, any chip that reaches a specific processing power is banned
minus-squareUbango_v2@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoChips are used in warfare and they don’t want China to get that.
minus-squareilyich_commies@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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