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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. (alien.top)
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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

On a similar note, does anyone know how the US maintains export bans? What’s stopping a Polish shop seeking 100 4090s to a Russian company that resells to China?

Also in this case, they’d need to have designed the PCB/motherboard from ground-up, isn’t that difficult at the high speeds these things run at? Or could a handful of underpaid EE grads do it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What’s stopping a Polish shop seeking 100 4090s to a Russian company that resells to China?

Pretty sure there is an export ban to Russia on microchips.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Okay yeah that’s fair. But what about say though Singapore (as was earlier in the news I think), or say Mongolia? There are tons of countries bordering China where it would be possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

it's already happening right now. The loopholes in the sanction regime is pretty big, and virtually unenforceable given the limited manpower and resources BIS/Commerce dept has.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Singapore is 4000km away from China

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I wonder if you mind will be blown when you learn about New Zealand.