The issue is that Russia has shown us that they don't give a shit about how large the benefit is, they would rather be imperially hostile. Germany and the EU thought that hundreds of billions in trade would be enough to deter Russia, but it clearly wasn't.
The West is now, rightfully so, worried that China is thinking the same way in regards to Taiwan.
Absolutely, but either that's true, or it's just the US showing that they are better at PR than their adversaries.
Either way, it doesn't have much to do with how the entire world should be putting up barriers for China to do trade. It's simply not fair that the worlds 2nd largest economy is closed off to foreign competition.
You're strawmanning this thing so hard.
The reason the US is putting up barriers on China is due to them supporting Russia in Ukraine, running the worlds largest cyberwarfare program (2nd is Russia), supporting North Korea, having extreme anti-competitive laws, IP theft at a scale never seen before, and their countless human rights violations.
A simple example: TikTok is the most popular app in the US. Instagram, Facebook, and Google are all illegal in China.
China complains about the West not wanting to compete, but they have literally outlawed Western competition in every single area. Tesla in China is 51% owned by the Chinese. It's insanity.
It's probably already baked in, but it might result in a slightly lower price.
But honestly, if you can afford a 4090, then saving $50 on it should be completely and utterly irrelevant.
If $50-100 makes that big a difference, then you shouldn't be pissing away that much on a GPU.
Pretty sad outlook on solving a problem for people that cannot have it solved by a stationary PC though.
I've not had any issues with my Legion 7 from 2021. Been following the subreddit and Discord, doesn't seem to be any major issues, unless I missed them.
Pretty great PC that can be moved around really easily and the 3080 performs similar to a desktop 3070. Perfect for the super bright 1440p screen it has.
Just checked, the only 2 controversies in the top list the past 2 months are Apple and Nvidia's 4090 power connector issue.
Like others said, it's a letter of intent.
It's basically a standing, non-binding contract. It's often used for raising money and getting funding to start building out production.
Basically, if both companies honor it, it means OpenAI would get the first chips.
Not honoring these types of things can often fall back negatively on both parties.
Kind of like when people go into a shop, or call them, and ask them to put aside an item.