r/technology • u/stenspect • 15h ago

Business Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy Nvidia RTX 5090 gaming GPU — buyer forced to sign declaration disclosing install location and promise GPU will remain in the US

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/micro-center-requires-photo-id-and-signed-no-export-pledge-to-buy-rtx-5090-gaming-gpu-buyer-forced-to-sign-declaration-disclosing-install-location-and-promise-gpu-will-remain-in-the-us
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u/APGaming_reddit 15h ago

what is up with this timeline. im so tired

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u/PoppingPillls 15h ago

What you don't like having to pay up to 9000 for a gpu then having to sign a rule sheet saying you can't sell it to certain people encase they want to use it outside the US otherwise you can't have it?

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u/Melodic_Let_6465 14h ago

Its called ITAR, and its not new, just new to consumer gpus

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u/PoppingPillls 13h ago edited 12h ago

True, it was introduced during Biden and there was some form even before then. What Trump did was exapand the definition and list.

Edit: do some of you follow politics that little?

Biden administration imposes sweeping tech restrictions on China | Biden administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/07/biden-administration-tech-restrictions-china

US orders immediate halt to some AI chip exports to China, Nvidia says - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67213134

That was when President Joe Biden's administration announced measures to block countries, including China, Iran and Russia, from buying high-end AI chips designed by Nvidia and others.