AI chip smugglers exploit export loopholes to move banned HBM to China
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Samsung and SK hynix memory is reportedly being bundled with low-end processors, shipped through Hong Kong, then stripped out in Chinese workshops US export controls were built to keep China away from the most advanced AI hardware. Smugglers appear to have found a way around them, and the trick involves cheap server chips and a soldering station. According to a report from Tom’s Hardware, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) made by Samsung Electronics and SK hynix is being repackaged alongside low-end server processors and shipped toward China. The processor is bait. The memory is the prize.
Source: Crypto Briefing
