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by ThinkBeat 884 days ago
Nvidea is now producing specific models of their products specced in a way that is currently legal to sell them to China.

The US doesn't like it, so they may change the rules again. which becomes a bit of a whackamole.

Sanctions like these gives China a lot more incentive for a reunification with Taiwan. Some say the fabs are rigged to blow if this was to occur. If so, it would have massive negative consequences for the world. Where as new management would have far less of an impact, though some countries might find themselves under sanctions on what type of chips they could buy.

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> The US doesn't like it, so they may change the rules again. which becomes a bit of a whackamole.

There were rumors like that, but I don't believe it.

The limits nvidia is following are very clear. They cover both total compute power and compute power per square millimeter, in different combinations. nvidia is doing exactly what they were supposed to do. No limits are being pushed, and there is no whack-a-mole on the horizon.

Even if the limits get reduced at some point, it would be because of political winds shifting, not because the current limits aren't doing what they were supposed to do.

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