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Chinese engineers are reportedly bypassing U.S. restrictions by accessing NVIDIA’s AI chips through decentralized GPU rental services, a method gaining traction amid rising geopolitical tensions.
China Engineers Bypass US Restrictions
China always manages to find a way past the limitations imposed by the Biden administration on the country's access to advanced artificial intelligence equipment.
Chinese engineers and businesses are leaning more toward "rental services," which we'll talk about later, as a means to tap into Team Green's processing capacity, which is an unexpected development.
NVIDIA AI Chips Fetch High Prices
There were rumors that NVIDIA's H100s were fetching exorbitant rates on China's underground marketplaces, but clever engineers in the country have discovered a way to circumvent this.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Chinese engineers are collaborating with certain international brokers to gain access to powerful computers, and they are using cryptocurrencies to keep their identities hidden.
AI Chips Rented, Not Bought
The high-end AI accelerators from NVIDIA are still available in the Chinese market, but people choose to rent them instead of buy them because the prices of buying them are so much higher than the expenses of renting them for a short period of time.
A Bitcoin miner named Derek Aw has allegedly won over Chinese consumers looking to rent computing capacity. This is due to the fact that Aw has persuaded investors to set up massive AI clusters using NVIDIA's H100 AI chips.
Taking advantage of the tremendous demand from the markets, the entrepreneur reportedly has 300 servers set up in a data center in Brisbane, Australia, and is planning to further grow his rental business.
Major Tech Companies Join the Trend
Interestingly, this business model is being embraced by the major tech companies.
As mentioned before, CSPs like Microsoft, Google, and others are lending servers based on NVIDIA's A100 and H100 architecture to clients in China. The "GPU decentralized" industry has expanded tremendously over the past two years as a result of this trend, which allows limited nations to access high-end computing power, and it's true that this isn't currently violating any US laws.
WCCFTECH shares that in addition, Aw is currently seeking funding to integrate NVIDIA's Blackwell AI architecture into its offerings, giving customers access to cutting-edge goods in the market.
We don't know the price plan, but we think GPU decentralization has a long way to go because of all the wars going on in the world, particularly between China and the United States.
