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minus-squareawp_india@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoHow does that work, made in China but banned in China?
minus-squareCryatos1@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe GPU core itself is made by TSMC in Taiwan. It’s then added to PCBs in China, Taiwan, and wherever else AIBs operate.
minus-squareCautious_Register729@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoHere the neat part, it is not made in China. For some time now.
minus-squareyamfun@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThey can’t be made there either
minus-squareawp_india@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoTitle says “4090 import ban”, they’re imported from China, not to China. They’re currently made in Taiwan, no?
minus-squareyamfun@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoe.g. those GPU assembler brands that buy chips from NV to assemble the actual cards to sell to retailers to sell to gamers, they cannot assemble the 4090 anymore because NV can’t sell to them.
minus-squareGHhost25@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoTaiwan is only officially part of China, in practice they go their own way.
How does that work, made in China but banned in China?
The GPU core itself is made by TSMC in Taiwan. It’s then added to PCBs in China, Taiwan, and wherever else AIBs operate.
Here the neat part, it is not made in China.
For some time now.
They can’t be made there either
Title says “4090 import ban”, they’re imported from China, not to China.
They’re currently made in Taiwan, no?
e.g. those GPU assembler brands that buy chips from NV to assemble the actual cards to sell to retailers to sell to gamers, they cannot assemble the 4090 anymore because NV can’t sell to them.
Taiwan is only officially part of China, in practice they go their own way.