ChipsTom's Hardwareabout 2 hours ago
Smugglers bypass chip bans to sell HBM in China
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A memory smuggler details how he pairs cheap processors with banned Samsung and SK hynix HBM chips to enter China. Prices for single HBM3E units rose from several hundred dollars to about $4,000, making AI GPUs worth $24,000 to $32,000. Chinese labs face bottlenecks as domestic production yields remain low.
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