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Technology
Kevin Okemwa

Chinese GPU recycling factories have a workaround for the US government's newly imposed export rules — modified NVIDIA RTX 4090 cards serve as great AI accelerators

RTX 4060 Ti.

What you need to know

  • The US government recently imposed new exportation rules preventing chipmakers from shipping graphic cards to China, citing concerns over uncontrolled military AI advances.
  • While chipmakers like NVIDIA have since pulled their products from Chinese websites,  Chinese graphics card recycling factories are dismantling GeForce RTX 4090 gaming cards and repurposing them into AI accelerators.
  • Following the imposed exportation rules, the price of these cards has skyrocketed.
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