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- AI: In China, repair demand for banned Nvidia AI chipsets booms
BEIJING SHANGHAI — Demand in China has begun surging for a business that, in theory, shouldn’t exist: the repair of advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence chipsets that the U S has banned the export of to its trade and tech rival Around a dozen boutique companies now offer repair services
- Underground China repair shops thrive servicing illicit . . .
A thriving underground repair industry in China has emerged to service smuggled Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs, driven by limited supply, lack of warranties, and rising profitability of products prone
- China sees surge in Nvidia AI chip repair businesses despite . . .
The US has restricted the export of Nvidia's most powerful AI chips to China since 2022 over fears that they could be used for military purposes
- Nvidia AI GPUs Are Flowing Into China Through Underground . . .
The chips get into China through couriers like a Chinese student who brought six Nvidia A100 GPUs from Singapore to China back in November, The Wall Street Journal reports this week
- Reuters says at least a dozen Shenzhen firms repair banned . . .
A growing repair industry for Nvidia's high-end AI chips has emerged in China, with at least a dozen Shenzhen companies servicing restricted hardware like the H100 and A100 despite a US export ban
- NVIDIA A100 AI GPU in beefed-up, higher-spec form found in . . .
NVIDIA has been making cut-down AI GPUs to circumvent US export restrictions in China for months now, but it appears modified Ampere A100 AI GPUs are also making the rounds there
- Nvidia AI chips repair industry booms in China following US . . .
China’s underground tech industry is witnessing a surge in Nvidia AI chips repair shops as smuggled H100 and A100 GPUs, banned under US export rules, flood the market
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