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AMD Announces Major Losses Due to US Export Restrictions to China
AMD, the American semiconductor company, has revealed that it will face significant financial losses because of US restrictions on exports to China. The company estimates a loss of $800 million related to its MI308 chips, which is about half of its net profit for 2024. This loss represents 50% of…
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U.S. Requires Special Permission to Export NVIDIA H20 Chip to China
The ongoing tension between the United States and China continues, and this time, it involves new rules for exporting products from the U.S. to China and nearby regions. These restrictions are not new, but they are now becoming stricter. The United States has announced that specific products, like the NVIDIA…
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Trump Pauses Tariffs for 90 Days, Except for China, Which Faces Increased Fees
President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on tariffs, but there’s an important exception: China. In fact, the tariffs on China have been increased up to 125%, effective immediately. Trump stated that this decision is due to the disrespect China has shown towards the United States. Through a post…
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China’s Big AI Companies Spend $16 Billion on NVIDIA H20 Cards in Early 2025
China remains a major market for Artificial Intelligence (AI), and this also means it is a big buyer of hardware to support AI development. The demand for AI is growing fast as more devices start using it. This has led China’s big companies to spend around $16 billion on NVIDIA…
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Sees Strong Demand in China Ahead of Global Launch
According to numbers shared by UNIKO’s Hardware on X (formerly Twitter), the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is experiencing significantly higher sales in China compared to its non-XT version. Pre-orders have been open exclusively in China so far, and after the presentation of the RDNA 4 GPUs, consumer markets have…
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NVIDIA Sued for Abusing Its Monopoly Position in China
NVIDIA holds a dominant position in the graphics card market, with its GeForce RTX series leading in both recreational and professional segments. It also commands a significant share of the rapidly expanding Artificial Intelligence and server markets. This overwhelming market dominance has attracted the attention of antitrust authorities. Antitrust Investigation…
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Chinese Firms Bypass U.S. Export Controls to Access Nvidia AI Chips
Chinese companies are circumventing U.S. export controls to access Nvidia‘s high-end AI chips, despite efforts by the Biden administration to restrict their availability. According to Wall Street Journal, Chinese engineers are utilizing decentralized GPU rental services and global brokers to access Nvidia’s powerful H100 AI chips without physically importing them…
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DeepCool Factory Tour 2024
DeepCool is the biggest manufacturer for PC cases and coolers in China, and that’s saying something given how many amazing brands operate out of China! We’ve heard some pretty amazing things about the relatively new factory, so when they invited us to come and check it out, well, we just…
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U.S. Tightens Chip Export Rules to China
In a significant move, the U.S. Department of Commerce is adjusting its chip export license requirements. This revision is set to tighten the reins on the sale of advanced chipmaking tools, AI accelerators, and high-performance semiconductor chips to China. The new regulations, detailed in a 166-page document available since March…
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RTX 2080 Ti’s Modded With 22GB of VRAM For AI Workloads
Custom RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards are being sold featuring doubled up memory from the original 11GB up to 22GB making it a more viable choice for the AI boom. 22GB RTX 2080 Ti As shared by TomsHardware, Chinese workshops are repurposing old 2080 Ti GPUs, specifically MSI models, into…
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PC Enthusiast Scammed For Used 4090 With No GPU or VRAM
Buying used GPUs is always a risk mostly for the risk of being scammed, either not receiving your product, receiving a broken product or other issues. Fortunately most reputable reseller sites such as eBay, at least in the UK, have strong buyer protections in place, unfortunately though those buyer protections…
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Old NVIDIA GPU’s Being Repurposed Into AI Accelerators in China
The US has invoked some export control over China which restricts the sale of the fastest consumer and professional GPUs, mostly NVIDIA, which has in turn led to some interesting methods of skirting around the effects of the rules. A lot of these methods have involved repurposing older cards including…
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Unreleased 14th Gen Chips Already Spotted On Chinese Reselling Sites
Intel’s 14th generation chips so far only consist of the i5, i7 and i9 K series chips though the full lineup has several other non-K chips that will be available in the future including i3 chips. As of now, there is no confirmation for when these chips will hit the…
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Smugglers Caught With Thousands of CPUs, Memory and SSDs At Chinese Border
Smugglers have once again been caught at the Chinese border this time with thousands of CPUs, Memory and SSDs at the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge crossing. Smugglers Caught With 1,747 CPUs, Memory and SSDs As shared by wccftech.com, Chinese authorities have announced that they have caught a driver carrying…
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China Looking To Limit Smartphone Use For Children With a Two Hour Cap
Smartphones are a fantastic piece of technology enabling us to communicate, listen to music, and watch videos all in one tiny device, however, it also seems that a device designed to connect us has also made us more anti-social, especially with the younger generations like myself. The Chinese government seems…
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