Inside China's underground market for high-end Nvidia AI chips
By Josh Ye, David Kirton and Chen Lin HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Psst! Where can a Chinese buyer purchase top-end Nvidia AI chips in the wa...
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By Josh Ye, David Kirton and Chen Lin HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Psst! Where can a Chinese buyer purchase top-end Nvidia AI chips in the wa...
Psst! Where can a Chinese buyer purchase top-end Nvidia AI chips in the wake of U.S. sanctions?
Where can a Chinese buyer purchase top-end Nvidia AI chips in the wake of U.S. sanctions? Two vendors there, who spoke with Reuters in person on condition of anonymity, said they could provide small numbers of A100 artificial intelligence chips made by the U.S. chip designer, pricing them at $20,000 a piece - double the usual price. While buying or selling high-end U.S. chips is not illegal in China, U.S. export restrictions have created a de facto underground market with vendors keen not to draw scrutiny from either U.S. or Chinese authorities.
UPDATE 1-Nearly a Third of Domestic Workers in Malaysia in Forced Labour Conditions - U.N. Agency
Nearly a third of migrant workers employed in domestic households in Malaysia are working under forced labour conditions, according to a survey released by the United Nations' labour agency on Thursday.