Russia to Use Chinese Zhaoxin x86 Processors Amidst Restrictions to Replace Intel and AMD Designs

[RedBear]

I don't get it. Why don't they just buy AMD, Intel, whatever directly from the Chinese? China didn't impose any trade sanctions on Russia. If Germany can still buy Russian gas and resell it to Poland, why can't China resell Intel and AMD CPUs to Russia? This whole thing is just weird.

Because of something called secondary sanctions, i.e. sanctions that target those who help circumventing the main target of the sanctions. Russia doesn't apply secondary sanctions on gas and oil atm, so Germany can simply resell it. But the US is more than willing to target Chinese companies that engage in evading these sanctions, even if it will further cripple the global supply chain and raise inflation to the moon.

 

[rusTORK]

I don't get it. Why don't they just buy AMD, Intel, whatever directly from the Chinese?

Because news itself is completely wrong. =) This board and CPU combination made for government sector. To kick Intel\AMD\IBM in window from tenders and government contracts. There is no problem to buy Intel\AMD CPU for civilians in country.

Intel left country, but CPUs are in stock;
AMD left country, but CPUs are in stock;
NVIDIA left country, but GPUs are in stock (not FE, but AIB)

Get it?

 

[Assimilator]

Because of something called secondary sanctions, i.e. sanctions that target those who help circumventing the main target of the sanctions. Russia doesn't apply secondary sanctions on gas and oil atm, so Germany can simply resell it. But the US is more than willing to target Chinese companies that engage in evading these sanctions, even if it will further cripple the global supply chain and raise inflation to the moon.

Thank god there's at least one other adult in this thread.

 

[AusWolf]

I knew all along that restrictions were a bad idea.

 

[KuronekoRuri]

Tom's Hardware Update 05/19 5:05 pm PT: A representative from Zhaoxin has confirmed to Tom's Hardware that the company only focuses on business in China. Zhaoxin has no intention thus far to sell its products to other countries. Zhaoxin has also sent out announcements to its partners to emphasize the company's policy and to ensure that they understand Zhaoxin's policy.

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As a Chinese, I have not received any news about Zhaoxin is selling to Russia. I think Tom's update is correct.
This SoC is so expensive, I bought the roughly same mATX board and cost me about 700USD for a FX8300 level performance chip. I dont think Russia can afford this. They can just bought AMD/Intel chips though us, that is much cheaper.

 

[95Viper]

Stay on topic.
And, the topic is "Russia to Use Chinese Zhaoxin x86 Processors Amidst Restrictions to Replace Intel and AMD Designs".
Stop the insults and hate.

 

[R-T-B]

Because news itself is completely wrong. =) This board and CPU combination made for government sector. To kick Intel\AMD\IBM in window from tenders and government contracts. There is no problem to buy Intel\AMD CPU for civilians in country.

Intel left country, but CPUs are in stock;
AMD left country, but CPUs are in stock;
NVIDIA left country, but GPUs are in stock (not FE, but AIB)

Get it?

Stock does not matter much if pricing is absurd...

My bet is it is, and thus this newspiece becomes a possibility if not reality.

 

[MarsM4N]

Full steam backwards for da Comrades it is. When their current rigs are outdated, it will only be low demanding indie games. When their western cars are broken down & with the lack of replacement parts, there will be in 10 years only Lada's on the streets (and maybe some Chinese cars). When Steam finally pulls the plug (or the Kremlin cuts the iNet to the west), there will only be a "Tencent Gaming Network". And if Microsoft pulls out of Russia, they will game on Red Star OS, lol:

But the thing is, China is advancing fast in every aspect. How long will it take for them to catch up to western chips? And do "restrictions" actually work? I mean, chips aren't that big, making border smuggling kinda easy.

 

[AusWolf]

And do "restrictions" actually work?

I don't think they do. They're just encouraging China to advance their technologies faster than ever. The world will be polarised again soon at this rate.