Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the final rules on semiconductor export controls to China, upgrading the export restrictions on high-performance computing chips to China. There is news that,The consumer-grade GPURTX4090 is also on the banned list (not officially confirmed), triggering heated discussions in the industry.On the afternoon of October 18, Nvidia’s top flagship graphics card RTX4090 was completely removed from the shelves and other related topics became hot searches. After checking, all non-public graphics card e-commerce stores of this model showed that it was out of stock.
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According to the latest news from HKEPC, a well-known PC website in Hong Kong, China,The ban on RTX4090 graphics cards has been clarified, and the U.S. Department of Commerce allows export consumer applications to apply for exemptions so they can be sold in the Chinese retail market.
The source stated,RTX4090 can be retailed in the consumer markets of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
However, RTX4090 chips cannot be exported for commercial and production purposes, which also means that Chinese foundries cannot produce RTX4090.But players can also buy new RTX4090 cards.
For more details, we need to wait for follow-up official news.