In China, repair demand for banned Nvidia AI chipsets booms

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By Che Pan and Casey Hall

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, – Demand in China has begun surging for a business that, in theory, shouldn’t exist: the repair of advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence chipsets that the U.S. has banned the export of to its trade and tech rival.

Around a dozen boutique companies now offer repair services,…