Russia skirts sanctions, acquires Nvidia and AMD chips through Dell servers from India

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https://www.techspot.com/news/105349-russia-skirts-sanctions-acquires-nvidia-amd-chips-through.html

The US and the European Union restrict the export of dual-use goods to Russia that could be used in its military industrial complex, a ruling put in place following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s still worth noting that this objectively drives up the cost for Russia compared to simply purchasing these directly. These servers went from Dell, through Malaysia, to an Indian pharmaceutical company, and then onto Russia. This accomplishes a few things:

It drives up the actual monetary cost through logistics.

It limits the amount of material Russia can reasonably get their hands on in a given time period by effectively “narrowing the pipe”. So even if they can get their hands on some of it, it’s almost assuredly reduced from what they otherwise could.

It means that loopholes are fewer and more far between and can therefore actually hurt Russia if they’re identified and closed. This closure can add additional latency too while Russia searches out a new bypass.
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- Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah but no, sanction those Indian companies full stop.
  
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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sounds like there are some companies and/or individuals in India that need sanctioning too

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