News Despite restrictions, Russia allegedly finds new way to produce sanctioned 48-core Baikal-S processors: Report

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Baikal-S processors find their way to Russia after a two year hiatus despite restrictions by the U.S. government and Taiwanese authorities.

Despite restrictions, Russia allegedly finds new way to produce sanctioned 48-core Baikal-S processors: Report : Read more

 

[Pierce2623]

A75 cores from 2017 ? Bahahahshahaha! Go Russia!

 

[GenericUsername109]

If Russia (or China) wants to get any western HW available on the market, they will be able to do it. It will be significantly more expensive and without a warranty, but it's doable using smugglers and hustlers. The western leaders thinking, that the sanctions are going to magically stop all deliveries, are just grandiose and delusional. That's not how goods and materials markets work.

 

[blitz120]

It's well past time to eliminate all these ridiculous sanctions! They end up wasting the effort of very smart people duplication work, separating people who could be building bridges of understanding across national boundaries, and increasing the likelihood of violent conflict.

It's time to tell the governments of the world that we won't put up with these abhorrent restrictions on our freedom.

 

[realistdemon]

A75 cores from 2017 ? Bahahahshahaha! Go Russia!

Well, I'm not good at chips and I'm not defending Russia. But I feel like A75 is sufficient and efficient enough for servers. Servers have better cooling and they need massive scalabilities. Something higher may have fewer stocks so it's not a viable option.

 

[nameless0ne]

If Russia (or China) wants to get any western HW available on the market, they will be able to do it. It will be significantly more expensive and without a warranty, but it's doable using smugglers and hustlers. The western leaders thinking, that the sanctions are going to magically stop all deliveries, are just grandiose and delusional. That's not how goods and materials markets work.

This is the case for pre-built systems (servers, network devices etc.). No one expects that those goods will not reach Russia. They have an import network set up through UAE and some other middle east country. But this adds a sizeable price increase to the tune of 40%. Goods are being routed through third countries and intermediaries take their cut. This is a serious hurdle.
A lot of goods are being replaced with Chinese alternatives that are of lower quality.
But custom parts like this CPU are most likely impossible to procure from Taiwan. These CPUs are likely made in China by YMTC. No western company will take up the risk of being sanctioned.
TSMC made some AI parts that turned out to by designed by Huawei and ordered via proxy. And that was a major scandal and is currently under investigation. TSMC might still get fined for this if it is proven that they were negligent.