| ▲ | throwaway2037 a day ago | ||||||||||||||||
To be clear, ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) does not apply to GPUs. You can see the full list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_... Instead, Export Administration Regulations (EAR) applies to exports of technology (software and hardware). Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Administration_Regulati... About MegaSpeed: They were NVidia largest customer in Southeast Asia (which includes Singapore), buying about 140,000 GPUs in the last 2-3 years. Then, then built data centers in Southeast Asia and rented the GPUs to Mainland Chinese companies. To be clear: From 2023-2025 (their peak), this business model was not prohibited by United States GPU export controls. However, that will probably change soon. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | dantillberg 18 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Ah, thanks. Too late for me to edit, but: ITAR -> EAR sounds right. And I guess one could believe that MegaSpeed really did only that, renting GPUs from afar. In which case perhaps this is more a political problem than a legal one? I'd wager it's still a huge political issue, but I guess we'll see. | |||||||||||||||||
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