China converts RTX 5090s into AI accelerators

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Chinese firms are converting Nvidia's RTX 5090 gaming cards into AI accelerators, bypassing U.S. export restrictions. These retrofitted cards use custom PCBs and blower-style cooling, optimized for server racks, and are produced at a factory scale with automated processes. This development raises questions about the effectiveness of current export controls on high-performance computing hardware.


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