The NVIDIA AI GPU Black Market

@FateShape
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.

SUPPORT THIS MOVIE the backer tiers are the only way to get digital rewards, like the wallpaper packs, bonus videos we're filming, behind-the-scenes with the team, and the USB key with the movie written to it! They are only available a limited time. https://store.gamersnexus.net/black-market-gpu-backers

Death of American Capitalism by Benn Jordan

@buriedpet
“Socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor”

@Robert-vk7je
When the game of monopoly is over, the last player returns all assets to the bank and a new game can begin.

@carlos_herrera
As an 80s kids crazy how everything they told us was bad about communism is what we have, or are getting now, with none of the benefits.

@Ivytheherbert
"If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing."

@cdavidcvalencia
Before I started the video: "Oh, someone with too much optimism is delusional about the end of capitalism"
Me at the end of the video: "Oh, capitalism it's just dying to give birth to something even more horrifying, that tracks"

@LuisLopez2
This video was interrupted by an ad of a 20-year-old guy wearing a towel and a do-rag pitching me how to get rich in day trading without money down. I hate this era with the passion of a thousand suns.

@edgewayround
The amount of money the world spent on bank bailouts is more money than the world has spent on science and education, ever - Brian Cox

@nullfield-eo8rx
Henry Ford, "If most people understood how finance works, there would be riots before lunch."

@wolfdreamer9
"I can't believe people think having to work for basic needs is synonymous with freedom. It's literally a bunch of rich people hoarding essential resources and telling us to serve them or die"

@djosko031
Title: " You Are Witnessing the Death of American Capitalism "
Me since 2008: " I know "

@corycarter3887
I’m a mechanic and the rent seeking economy you describe is everywhere. It’s no longer profitable to create new machines or innovate technology, it’s about controlling access to it as you said. Recently I put a transmission in a Chevy Malibu. It came out of the same year Malibu. It was the same transmission. However we had to call a computer guy to come out and program this transmission to talk to the engine to make the car work. This transmission is exactly the same, the gears and such that make it work are the same, but General Motors made it so it had to be programmed. Even the diagnostic tools we have to use the shop has to pay a subscription fee to get updated. The internal combustion engine has operated the same since its invention, yet to even be able to diagnose these things we have to ask the manufacturer for permission essentially. Talking about the velocity of money and stuff, they made an entire new market of having a guy have to come out and plug in his software to make it work, when the machine itself hasn’t been improved or innovated at all, in fact only gotten worse and cheaper. But the money found a new place to move.

@jb_kc__
I came to this same realisation when i started investment banking as a bright eyed graduate, and slowly realised that we were just marking up companies based on BS projections to the same handful of PE firms, who 3 years later would sell them on again to one of the other firms, and so the circlejerk continues. Thus began the deep spiral into "oh so this is how the world actually works"

Königsberg by Jiang Xueqin

@azurepanda5243
Speechless that this level of a lecture is for highschool students in China. Such a gem.

@niallmcphillips8114
This man is the gold standard in teaching.

@SeanWalsh1
I LOVE you, never had such a great breakdown of German history in my life, been captivated the entire time and you put everything so succinctly, great job

@freeman8990
The problem with modern Germany is that they don't engage in deep reflection. Just wallow in their own guilt.

@AndyAttrition
I am stunned to see chinese highschoolers touching german history deeper than most german history students. Great Presentation!

@warriordx5520
30 mins in I'm beyond hooked. WOW. The algorithm has finally blessed me with something other than nonsense. This man should be the global standard, what a great brilliant mind! I will definitely dedicate time to study these ALL of these lectures if they;'re nearly as good as this one. This man dives way beyond the topics and basically gives a masterclass in understanding humanity. Just continuously giving value in every word they say. I'm very glad he decided to upload these lectures.

@N1492E
This guy is cooking. Without jumping ahead to the JQ, he is methodically laying down the groundwork.

@JanRiffler
"My spirit will rise from the grave and the world will see I was right."

@pavlenikolic3555
Wow, I went to a German school, which taught me a completely different history compared to what is taught in this video. While this video had shown me the resilience, innovation and diligence of the German people, the modern German school system has taught me to be shameful of the German past.

@martinweise8172
Absolutely stunning. In todays Germany and all over Europe, you wouldn‘t be allowed to teach that way. Because it‘s the truth! Thank you😍🙏



Königsberg was a German city and the capital of the region of East Prussia, serving as a significant cultural, academic, and political center for centuries before becoming a Russian city. Founded in 1255 by the Teutonic Knights on the site of the Old Prussian settlement Twangste, it was named in honor of King Ottokar II of Bohemia.

The city successively became the capital of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Duchy of Prussia, and later the provinces of East Prussia and Prussia. It was a major port on the Baltic Sea and a key member of the Hanseatic League from 1340 onwards, playing a vital role in trade across Prussia, Poland, and Lithuania.

Königsberg was also a renowned intellectual hub, home to the Albertina University (founded in 1544), and was the residence of prominent figures such as Immanuel Kant, David Hilbert, and Käthe Kollwitz. It served as the coronation city of the Prussian monarchy from 1701, although Berlin was the official capital.

The city remained the easternmost large city in Germany until World War II. Following its heavy damage during the war and its capture by the Red Army in 1945, the city was annexed by the Soviet Union, its German population expelled, and it was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946 in honor of Soviet leader Mikhail Kalinin.

References:
1. The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
2. The Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner
3. The Genealogy of Morals by Frederick Nietzsche
4. Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
5. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler

Eva Vlaardingerbroek History Remembers

@YolandavanRensburg
God Bless Eva Vlaardingerbroek.

@echelon2k8
We were never asked. Because they always knew what our answer would be.

@MikeWoodsman
Best speech in a long time. She should replace Ursula von der Leyen in EU parliament, maybe we would get some change. God bless you Eva Vlaardingerbroek 🙏

@BernardLeader-b8d
We stand with you Eva! From Ireland keep telling the truth. o7

@VladimirMarkin-j2t
What a brave and smart woman. I absolutely adore her. People like her are the last hope of Europe. Keep fighting. Thank you. Greetings from Russia

@RandallvanOosten
Wow!!! Dutch-American here. This was one of the best speeches I have heard in ages!

@delwigzieful
This woman is a saint she speaks the TRUTH.

@johndeabreu5647
Eva is spot on with her msg for Europe... A STRONG CHRISTIAN EUROPE OF SOVEREIGN NATION STATES

@johnmac333
Same here in Australia, sadly. The fact that so many wanted this is shocking. And our Govt is hell bent on disarming and silencing us.

@biranicolella3509
God bless you, Eva. Cheers from London.❤❤❤


ARCHIVE | CPACT 2024: Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek delivers a scathing indictment of Western elites, accusing them of deliberately inviting mass immigration that threatens Europe's identity and sovereignty. In this explosive statement, she warns that history will remember this era not as one of conquest, but as one of surrender paid for by the people themselves.

They Lied To You About Nuclear

@SeanCosgrove1
Imagine if the Americans abandoned NASA after Apollo 1.

@John-Sv
Makes we wonder if big oil lobbyists were involved in hyper regulating nuclear energy

@anthonycarl5583
I operated a 500 MW reactor on a Nimitz class carrier. I received less radiation dose operating the reactor than I would being outside. Submariners have left dosimeters on the pier to compare when they get back from sea. They received less dose on the sub than the pier dosimeter did. China and France are still all about nuclear. The waste is an issue, but unlike gas, coal and other pollution generating power sources, you have direct control over it. You know exactly where it is and how much of it you have.

@bingus-t8s
It's also worth noting, that the average coal power plant releases many times more radiation, along with much more deadly chemicals and smoke, than a nuclear powerplant could.

@davidcook1057
The US Navy operates 80 of its most valuable and critical ships on Nuclear. They prioritize durability, safety and high performance. The US Navy started this in 1954. There is no reason to not proliferate this technology into civilian use. Particularly if China is leapfrogging us with double the output.

@VinceTenia
TLDR government regulation strangled the safest and most efficient power source in human history to death.

@Commander-leo
Two worlds “OIL COMPANIES”

@justethan222
One other thing that people have a problem with is nuclear waste as well, what people don’t realize is that we can recharge and reuse 90-95% of nuclear waste.

@Grimpen0
The regulatory overhead is probably the single biggest reason we can't build anything any more, from high speed rail to houses, not just nuclear plants. Nuclear plants are just the most burdened. Counter argument is that many of the regulations do mean we are all safer. Well that's great, zero infrastructure, just roving feral gangs of illerate spawn of single mums

@kreahy2908
nothing beats fear 😛

@bbasmdc
To add to your point on Chernobyl thyroid cancer. Even the levels that occurred could have been avoided if the Soviet authorities of the day had admitted there had been a leak. Iodine tablets are super cheap and had been stockpiled by the Soviets for use in nuclear war. Giving those to the population as soon as possible after the accident could have avoided almost all the cancers. I believe some of the scientists asked for it to happen but it was blocked by party officials.

@ApexofWar_
The one topic I'm actually more qualified than 99.99999% of people to talk about. I like the discussion of how real-time regulation changes impacts construction. Regulation is the Achilles's heel of the nuclear power industry. The impacts it can have on both new construction and operational costs of existing units in an unregulated energy market (ex. energy market competition against the much less regulated combined cycle plants) can absolutely bury the nuclear power industry. I've been the literal reactor operator for military and civilian plants. Supervisor for the control room of another civilian plant. Was an engineer for construction of a newly finished US nuclear plant. Overseeing site maintenance projects at the plant I'm at now. And I've got my eye on an SMR project once the NRC gives the green light.


In 1969, the U.S. was flipping the switch on three new nuclear reactors a year. Fast, efficient, and powering millions of homes. Then, almost overnight, the industry collapsed, not because of accidents like Three Mile Island, but because of a single rule that changed everything. This video uncovers the little-known story of how fear, regulation, and economics killed America’s nuclear momentum. And why small modular reactors might finally bring it back.

00:00 We Suddenly Stopped
01:05 The Radiation Scare
02:45 Your Daily Radiation
04:25 The Actual Result of the Meltdowns
05:54 Linear No-Threshold
07:47 Nuclear Plant Economics
11:09 The Energy Tradeoff
15:55 Small Modular Reactors

Huw Butler x Max Chernov

@H_Aekkapong
“Love the country, love the people” Thank you Mr. Butler 🎉🎉🎉

@pakwan.officialbypakwan9851
On behalf of Thai people, thank you for this great interview sir 🙏🏼🇹🇭

@SiraMemory
🙏ขอบคุณ คุณลุงฟรั่ง ครับ ที่เข้าใจ การเมืองไทย สังคมคนไทย
ยินดีกับสมาชิกครอบครัวไทย คนใหม่

@shabsterstoner
Absolutely fascinating. As an expat living in Thailand this man's example is great to follow. Good luck and good health.

@pelethefluffybeagle_bobbyt4755
After watching the whole interview, I have to say that I genuinely admire Mr. Butler's mindset. Congratulations to him about getting a Thai passport and wish him a happy life ever, here in Thailand.🎉🎉🎉😊🇹🇭

@dechwitchdt7245
I'm really happy to have you as a Thai citizen as well. Not only on a paper but you are Thai by heart .. that is THAI not by the look not by the race it's all by your mind and heart ❤

@ไพรัตนามประเสริฐ
When you said you love the country and love the people, I was moved to tears. You are so lovely. You deserve to receive Thai citizenship. Congratulations!

@Satoshi007x
ถือว่า โชคดีมาก ฝรั่งไม่มีทางได้สัญชาติไทย ง่ายๆ อยู่แล้ว ครับผมเป็นทหาร ผมรู้ดี ถือว่าคุณผ่านการคัดเลือกระดับคุณภาพสูงสุด


Meet Huw Butler, a Thai citizen originally from the UK, who has lived in Thailand for 33 years. He’s always been in the construction business, first in Bangkok, now in Phuket. Huw shared why Western news gets Thailand wrong, how a foreigner can become a Thai citizen, and what house rules in Thai homes surprise foreigners the most. Enjoy!

Burn My Tongue by Jean Dawson

@aze3504
Man I just love the actress who played Abigail 🎉❤she's dope

@nsgamers1904
One of the best vampire horror movies in 2024


A motley crew of criminals is hired to kidnap the young ballerina Abigail, a daughter of a powerful underworld figure, and hold her overnight in a secluded mansion to collect a hefty ransom. What starts as a seemingly simple abduction turns nightmarish when they realize the girl isn’t what she seems, and discover she is a centuries old vampire. With the tables turned, the captors find themselves trapped inside with a malevolent, blood-thirsty tenant picking them off one by one.