- Flying AI data petacts are the latest China bypassing solutions for strict American flea commands
- The hard drives of physical smuggling now bypass surveillance and digital firewalls in several jurisdictions
- Malaysian data centers rich in GPU become zero terrain for the Chinese IA training offshore
While the United States continues to tighten export restrictions on the advanced AI chips, such as those produced by Nvidia, Chinese AI companies are turning to a bypass solution that feels almost analog in the digital world today.
Rather than relying on online transfers or sanctioned equipment, some companies physically carry large sets of data on hard drives through borders.
A report of Wall Street Journal Applicating four Chinese technology workers have recently stolen from Malaysia, each carrying 15 high -capacity hard drives, totaling 4.8 data petacts, intended to form large languages.
The megadonts continue to enter China despite the restrictions
US restrictions have made high -end GPU IA GPUs through legal channels.
Although Nvidia maintains, “there is no evidence of chips’ diversion”, the field reports suggest the opposite, with a black market for Nvidia GPUs of smuggling in China.
Some of these chips were going to enter the country through subsidiaries and partners from neighboring countries.
However, this route becomes more expensive and more risky due to an in -depth examination and diplomatic pressure from Washington on these intermediate countries.
Consequently, companies change tactics: rather than importing limited fleas, they export massive volumes of training data.
It is a complex and high intensity process of resources. Companies carefully plan the physical transport of data, distributing discs to avoid customs detection.
They also rent servers rich in GPU in third countries such as Malaysia to process data.
An example involves a Chinese company that used its subsidiary recorded in Singapore to sign a data center contract. However, the Malaysian partner then insisted on local recording to avoid regulatory pressure, while Singapore began to tighten his own controls.
Despite the growing efforts of American agencies, application gaps and logistical gaps continue to be exploited. Although the shipment of data petacts on hard drives may seem obsolete, it avoids bandwidth and digital surveillance limitations.
The use of hard drives, ranging from large SSDS paintings to high -capacity external hard drives, is at the heart of these secret transfers.
However, this raises a question: why not use magnetic ribbon, especially since modern LTO-10 formats can store up to 30 to not compressed and 75 to compressed?
The answer probably lies in practicality. Band solutions require specialized reading / writing equipment and do not have the convenience of plug-and-play of high-end HDDs commonly used today.
