Naive question: Are the current (from what I have heard not very effective) export restrictions of HPC GPUs to china truly productive in the long run if the goal is to retain an edge? As in, to me it seems that it just fuels an expansion of domestic capabilities and in the car and solar sector my impression is that china had already proven that it can absolutely perform on par or even better in many different metrics compared to western countries, given time and pressure. So while these chips are not on par with current or even last gen GPUs, I would not be surprised if china would catch up and even have a much higher incentive to do so, now that other countries try to control their access to key technologies.
I am not saying whether retaining an edge is good or bad or that I have a different answer if one thought it was good. Just curious what you guys think.
I am not saying whether retaining an edge is good or bad or that I have a different answer if one thought it was good. Just curious what you guys think.