Because of bloomsperg, I was notified of this video. Classic Streisand effect.
@cs_mns
DKK 500.00
WTF, this video is going to be absolutely wild! ❤ you Steve and the team, thank you so much!🔥
@Sunlight91
US government: 4090 with 24GB is banned for export
Chinese: OK, we make a 4090 48GB
@zerolegel
CA$25.00
Found your channel when I was looking for an office chair, three years later I am deep into smuggling GPUs.
@BloopSenang
Gotta say, I didn't expect a channel that I've occasionally visited to check GPU performance in convenient graphs in 2018 to grow into a treasure trove of relevant tech-industry info, as well as one of the very few consumer rights and journalism strongholds by 2025. Your courage shows strong, GN team.
@adriandotexe
"and we might upset nvidia. again."
In other news the sky is blue and water is wet. More at 11.
@B1ZMVRK
Thank you for everyone assisting Gamers Nexus crew film in their facilities, for making it happen, and entertaining their questions.
@Photoss
I sold my 4090 on marketplace a few months ago. The guy drove 600 km to come get it, and when he came he asked me if I could help him test another 4090 he just bought. I’ve been very cool with him, so at the time he was getting back to his car he opened up and told me those GPUs were to be shipped in China to be upgraded to 48 gig on a custom PCB. They were buying every available 4090, they needed 1000 of them for a specific project. Looks like you unfold every other step of the process, really interested in that movie!
@TheDei1998
The "one eye open, one eye closed" design is one the coolest designs I’ve ever seen! Glad to support GN endeavors and to be known as “The Fence” ….
@povilasstaniulis9484
Looks like it's been copyright struck by Bloomberg (surprise, surprise...). Please re-upload it somewhere outside of YT if possible.
@WinnieBlue
Holy cow. Now THIS is investigative journalism.
@TheJupiteL
Been watching this channel for about 10 years now. Never would have thought it would turn into a cyberpunk detective agency.
@ERP_Klim
Oh my GOD! I actually have a real story about Chinese guy buying my used 4090 here in Moscow, Russia a month ago, so it could be taken back to China, and made into 48GB version aha. These guy was very cool. He came over with a big suitcase, and he had an old actual freakin monitor in it, to test the GPU. He pooled out USB stick which was wrapped around with notepad paper, and he booted from these USB. These test on the screen looked like a mixture of random artifacts, colourful noise, like on an old CRT, and other weird staff. After that, he gave me my 190k Rubles ($2400) from a big stack of banknotes, and said that he will leave suitcase here, cause he needs to drive off to another seller, and will be back, while me and my mate were taking the GPU out of waterloop. 1 hour later he came back with another 5 4090s, and he was taking only the boards, leaving cooling to the owners, cool. He gave us a pack of Chinese cigarettes as a present and drove off. That was the most memorable Sale in my life! Meanwhile I'm actually happy that my 4090 will be upgraded into something more "Powerful" and actual work, will miss u ❤🩹
NVIDIA (NVDA) GPUs have become so in-demand for so-called "AI" workloads that a black market has emerged around them. Where there's prohibition, there's smuggling, and there's money to be made for everyone in the chain. We found smugglers, users, fences, middlemen, and institutions in China, Taiwan, and the US involved in this pipeline flowing export controlled GPUs to China. This is in violation of US Government law, which now includes imposed numerous restrictions on semiconductor processing capabilities, making legitimate export of high-end GPUs to Chinese companies or governments impossible without rarely-granted licenses. But while this is going on, the US Government, NVIDIA, and AMD have been negotiating a cut of sales of two specific models of GPU in order to unblock over $6 billion in combined lost revenue between the companies.
We also spoke with a factory about how they make GPUs for Yeston. Yeston is not involved in the black market and doesn't even make the high-end GPUs that are banned, but it gives us important insight as to how video cards are made and what the process is. The process is the same for all cards, and this means we can show a factory without issues from NVIDIA for a brand which makes high-end NVIDIA GPUs.
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