NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPU is going to be completely banned from sales in China starting the 17th of November.
Despite there being some reports that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPU won't be part of the recent export policy which restricts China from getting hands-on GPUs with a certain level of AI & compute capabilities, it looks like the ban is still occurring & MyDrives finally has an official date when it will take effect.
According to the latest news, many AIC brands have confirmed that the RTX 4090 series will be completely banned in China after November 17.
via MyDrivers (Machine Translated)
Starting 17th of November, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs will be completely banned from exports to China which will definitely be a major blow to NVIDIA's market share as it will lose a major chunk of the gaming and AI market. It is reported that NVIDIA has begun to increase the shipments of its AD102 chips, which are used in graphics cards such as the RTX 4090, to China so that its manufacturing partners can stock up as much inventory as possible prior to the ban.
This might lead to a shortage of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs in other markets for a brief period of time and that certainly seems to be happening within the US at the moment where the card has seen lower stock and higher prices at major retailers. There is still some confusion around the extent of this ban within the Chinese market since some retailers are trying to find a way to bypass it entirely though it is something that will only be clear after the ban is set in place. With the added stock, NVIDIA's AIB partners will be offering GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs to the client segment.
Nvidia has been shipping tons of AD102 for AICs this week to manufacture as much RTX4090
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