Posted 1/14/2024, 11:08:40 PM
China Still Accessing Banned Advanced Nvidia Chips Despite US Export Controls
- Chinese military, AI institutes, and universities continue buying banned high-end Nvidia chips from unknown local suppliers
- The chips are used for AI and computer projects, though purchase quantities are small
- It's unclear how the local suppliers obtained the banned chips, but an underground market has emerged
- China still lacks good homegrown alternatives to Nvidia's superior chips for AI work
- US export bans aim to slow China's AI development by limiting access to advanced chips, but have proven hard to fully enforce