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HP uses banned made-for-China AI GPU for Z workstations — A800 GPU is given a new purpose
That was enough to comply with U.S. sanctions, though it did make the A800 essentially a worse A100. But a wrench was thrown into Nvidia's plans when the U.S. government revised its export rules ...
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Nvidia Revs North American Channel To Sell Workstation Version Of Banned-In-China A800 GPU
Using the same Ampere architecture that powers the A100, Nvidia introduced the A800 to Chinese customers a year ago, sidestepping U.S. export restrictions at the time by designing the GPU to offer ...
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Why Nvidia’s A800 Workstation GPU Uses A Chip Originally Made For China
Nvidia introduced the A800 server GPU to customers in China last year as an alternative to its powerful A100 GPU because the latter part had been banned in the country by U.S. export restrictions.
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China’s military and government buy Nvidia chips despite US ban
These include its A100 and the more powerful H100 chip – whose exports to China and Hong Kong were banned in September 2022 – as well as the slower A800 and H800 chips Nvidia then developed ...
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Report claims renting slower Nvidia AI GPUs is cheaper in China than in the US — but that's thanks to some rather surprising underhand strategies
In late 2022, the US implemented restrictions on exporting high-end GPU models such as the Nvidia A100 and H100 to China ... Nvidia developed the A800 and H800 models with reduced capabilities ...