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The GPU Black Market Washington Can't Shut Down

Original: The GPU Black Market That Washington Can't Shut Down

A new report describes a thriving black market for high-end GPUs that continues despite US export controls aimed at keeping advanced chips out of rival states. Restricted hardware is reportedly smuggled, resold and re-marketed through gray-market channels, undercutting Washington's sanctions regime. Commenters are debating whether export restrictions are effective at all, or whether they simply create profitable smuggling networks while limiting access for legitimate buyers.

Why now: US chip export controls remain a contested policy, and reports of their failure to stop GPU smuggling keep the debate alive.

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