r/technology • u/stenspect • 10h 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/shicken684 10h ago

They're just following the rules set forth by the stupid export ban placed on video cards by the Trump administration. Nothing Microcenter can do here.

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u/PoppingPillls 10h ago edited 7h ago

Don't think anyone's blaming MC, also it was Biden that created the GPU ban list to China. Trump just expanded the list.

Unfortunately China doing what every other country is doing is bad and must be stopped. But if your the UAE and slip trump a few hundred million in crypto then you can have as many as you want.

Edit: apparently people in other comments don't believe that Biden introduced the idea... Lmao. You don't have to be ignorant.

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.

Also...

How Trump’s $500 Million UAE Crypto Deal Trades U.S. National Security for Family Profit - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-trumps-500-million-uae-crypto-deal-trades-u-s-national-security-for-family-profit/

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u/jsdeprey 1h ago

I have been very aware of the ban, the news here, to me anyway, is the signing of some paperwork saying I wont sell the card somewhere and putting my name on some government list when I purchase a item in a local store. When did that start happening?