SwitchyandWitchy [she/her]

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Cake day: December 18th, 2024

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  • The Nvidia-Mellanox deal, announced in 2019, received approval from the SAMR in April 2020 under the stipulation that Nvidia continue to supply its graphics processing unit accelerators, Mellanox’s high-speed network interconnect equipment, and related software and accessories to the Chinese market under “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory principles”.

    Woah, I thought this would be about something Nvidia had done of their own monopolistic volition. But it sounds like their violation of the agreement was at the command of the US government restricting cutting edge tech exports to China.