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throwaw12 | on: Jensen Huang resigns
> The image of Nvidia advocating for exports of GPUs to china

As a business, why shouldn't they advocate for export to a relatively huge market? It is an expansion for them and from a business perspective completely expected.

Dr_Birdbrain | parent | next
The advocacy is not the problem. The problem is that, once the ban was in place, they skirted the ban.
onlyrealcuzzo | root | parent | next
Didn't everyone already know that China was buying Nvidia GPUs?

Is the problem that Nvidia was not making it as hard as it should have?

Realistically, how much does that even matter?

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parineum | root | parent
Which is not what the comment being replied to said at all.
samrus | parent | next
Well its suspicious. If they were onoy advocating then thats free speech, but if they also skirted the ban, then its then kinda admitting to it
jkukul | parent | next
They should and there’s nothing wrong with only advocating. The problem is that it wasn’t just advocating but (possibly) knowingly subverting the export controls
xboxnolifes | parent | next
You intentionally cut off the why here.
stasomatic | parent | next
Let's export rockets, F-35s, Typhoons, Rafales', Gripens, jet turbines.

China should have infiltrated ASML, not much they can do without them until they get the blueprints. Unlikely they aren't doing it already.

throwaw12 | root | parent
> rockets, F-35s, Typhoons, Rafales', Gripens, jet turbines

these are actual weapons, does anyone use GPUs to kill humans?

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kphorn | parent
Turns out there are laws and regulations that restrict one’s ability to lobby for foreign interests as both a public and private individual. Read about NJ Senator Bob Menendez which is a particularly egregious example.
NetMageSCW | root | parent
That feels like it should be unconstitutional.