{"id":316562,"date":"2025-08-04T07:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316562\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:23:37","slug":"this-video-shows-chinese-firms-converting-rtx-5090-gaming-cards-into-ai-accelerators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316562\/","title":{"rendered":"This video shows Chinese firms converting RTX 5090 gaming cards into AI accelerators"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Chinese firm turns RTX 5090 cards into two-slot AI accelerators using custom PCBs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Factory automation in China converts Nvidia gaming GPUs into data center hardware<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Export restrictions are bypassed as RTX 5090 boards are reworked into rack-ready AI modules<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A video circulating on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bilibili.com\/video\/BV1UYu5zbE6n?t=185.6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.bilibili.com\/video\/BV1UYu5zbE6n?t=185.6\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">Bilibili<\/a> shows how enterprising Chinese technicians are converting GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards into high-efficiency AI accelerators, bypassing export restrictions in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of using the retail GPUs as is, a local manufacturer is removing the GB202 chips and memory modules from the gaming boards.<\/p>\n<p>The components are then transferred onto custom two-slot PCBs and paired with blower-style cooling, optimized for server rack environments.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Large scale production<\/p>\n<p>The operation appears to be being run at factory-level scale. Robotic arms extract GPU modules, pick-and-place systems reassemble them onto redesigned boards, and automated soldering equipment finalizes the electrical work, before visual inspection systems confirm alignment and build quality.<\/p>\n<p>The process is fast, repeatable, and efficient, far beyond what might be expected of a small workshop, but what makes this enterprise even more notable is the sheer volume of RTX 5090 cards seen in the video, despite restrictions on their export to China.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/nvidia\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/nvidia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nvidia<\/a> has not officially released the 5090D variant, designed to comply with U.S. sanctions, and yet shelves of full-power RTX 5090 units can be seen undergoing retrofitting.<\/p>\n<p>Gaming models with three-fan cooling are too large for server chassis, and their power connectors are often positioned awkwardly for rack use, so the cards are physically modified to fit data center constraints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed!<\/p>\n<p>The redesigned blower cards shift the power input to the tail end of the PCB, simplifying cable routing and avoiding risk of overheating.<\/p>\n<p>From a hardware standpoint, the GPUs function identically.<\/p>\n<p>By shifting them onto slimline, server-compatible boards, Chinese firms are essentially creating their own high-end AI accelerators.<\/p>\n<p>If hardware intended for gamers can be so easily adapted for AI research and model training, then questions about the effectiveness of the current export controls surely have to be asked.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear from the scale of the operation in the video that there is strong demand for AI accelerators built from repurposed RTX 5090 cards.<\/p>\n<p>For AI developers in China, it means they can get the computing power they need without having to rely on official supply channels.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guru3d.com\/story\/china-has-automated-conversion-of-cards-into-ai-accelerators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.guru3d.com\/story\/china-has-automated-conversion-of-cards-into-ai-accelerators\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">Guru3D.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might also like <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese firm turns RTX 5090 cards into two-slot AI accelerators using custom PCBs Factory automation in China converts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-316562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114969300534027600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}