Filings: Moonshot AI rented 32 Super Micro servers with Nvidia B300 chips in China, possibly breaching US export rules
Documents filed with Beijing regulators show Moonshot AI signed a deal in August to rent 32 Super Micro servers located in China, equipped with Nvidia's B300 chips, the most powerful AI chip. The arrangement may breach US export rules, according to Bloomberg.
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Andy Lin / Bloomberg : Filings: Moonshot signed a deal in August to rent 32 China-based Super Micro servers with Nvidia B300, the most powerful AI chip, possibly in breach of US rules — Moonshot AI accessed a trove of Nvidia Corp.'s most advanced chips this summer, according to documents filed with Beijing regulators …
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