π¨ China’s Booming Underground Market: Nvidia AI Chip Repair Goes Big Despite U.S. Ban Despite being on the U.S. government’s restricted list, Nvidia’s powerful AI chips —the H100 and A100—are not only present in China but now also fueling a surprising side industry: GPU repair . Across Shenzhen and other tech hubs, boutique repair firms are thriving by fixing these banned components, many of which have been smuggled into the country and heavily used in high-performance computing setups. One company alone claims to repair up to 500 Nvidia AI GPUs per month —a number that illustrates both the scale of demand and the grey-market flow of hardware. π§ Why So Many Repairs? These advanced GPUs were never intended for the Chinese market after the 2022 U.S. ban , aimed at curbing China’s AI and military tech capabilities. However, demand hasn’t slowed. As these chips get pushed to their limits in data centers, failure rates are increasing , prompting the rise of repair services that simulate ...
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