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> "don't sell F22s to anyone else"

What they actually said (abbreviated) was anything with more then

> "600 Gbyte/s [memory transfer speed]" or 4800TOPS

Page 103 https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-21658.pdf

They set very specific performance restrictions, not a general "don't sell fast stuff plz"

I don't really care about what exactly they said, it's obvious to anyone with a brain that the intention of this restriction is to keep China from getting the highest end chips for AI development and putting a chip, that didn't exist when the regulation was written, right up against the restriction was obviously bad faith on Nvidia's part.

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