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by hungrigekatze 956 days ago
Was the L40S intended to be a workaround for the export restrictions on the H100, or did Nvidia always plan to create the L40S?

https://fortune.com/2023/11/01/nvidia-shares-fall-report-us-...

>The restrictions were supposed were supposed to only come into play on Nov. 17, 30-days after the US first announced it. But in a filing on Oct. 24, Nvidia said it was informed that the rules were effective immediately and that it would affect shipments of Nvidia’s A100, A800, H100, H800, and L40S products. The 800 series chips were designed specifically for the Chinese market to circumvent the earlier iterations of the export control rules.
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brucethemoose2 956 days ago
> did Nvidia always plan to create the L40S

Nvidia repurposes their gaming silicon every generation, and this one is no different.

If you are talking about the L40 vs L40S, I'm not sure. Does the L40 just barely sneak by the export restrictions?

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treesciencebot 956 days ago
I don't think L40/L40S are allowed to be exported when all the other AD102 (the underlying silicon) variants are banned including lower specced ones like 4090s.

> exceeding certain performance thresholds (including but not limited to the A100, A800, H100, H800, L40, L40S, and RTX 4090).

Seems like it's included in the SEC filing[0]

[0]: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1045810/0001...

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brucethemoose2 956 days ago
L40 throughput is technically lower though since it isn't clocked to the stratosphere like the 4090. I was wondering if it was barely at the threshold or something.

EDIT: Ah interesting, so it is included.

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