alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoU.S. investigates whether DeepSeek smuggled Nvidia AI GPUs via Singaporewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down17cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkU.S. investigates whether DeepSeek smuggled Nvidia AI GPUs via Singaporewww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoYou’re not allowed to buy/resell the hardware to China as an intermediary.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI get the prevailing idea, and I can understand the reasoning behind it. My question really was trying to ferret out whether it was US laws that were violated, Singaporean laws, the initial trade agreement, or something else.
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe seller and buyer both violated US export controls, which is against US law.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhy does China care about US law though?
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey don’t, but that wasn’t your question.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe intermediaries care. This is very obvious.
You’re not allowed to buy/resell the hardware to China as an intermediary.
I get the prevailing idea, and I can understand the reasoning behind it. My question really was trying to ferret out whether it was US laws that were violated, Singaporean laws, the initial trade agreement, or something else.
The seller and buyer both violated US export controls, which is against US law.
Why does China care about US law though?
They don’t, but that wasn’t your question.
The intermediaries care. This is very obvious.