Huawei HBM shortage pushes some AI chip customers to source memory themselves
What happened
On November 3, The Decoder cited a report from The Information saying Huawei asked some AI chip customers to buy their own high-bandwidth memory (HBM) because its supply is short. Chinese suppliers can't make enough, and US export rules stop customers from buying directly from Samsung and SK Hynix, so the arrangement pushes buyers toward the black market. Smugglers reportedly bundle HBM with server processors below the export performance threshold to get around the limits.
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- The DecoderHuawei tells customers to find their own AI chip memory, effectively outsourcing procurement to the black market
华为因 HBM 供应不足要求部分客户自行采购 AI 芯片内存，据 The Information 报道，这实际将买家推向黑市。中国供应商产能不足，美国出口规则又阻止直接向 Samsung 和 SK Hynix 采购，走私者通过将 HBM 与低于出口性能门槛的服务器处理器捆绑运输绕过限制。
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