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U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs

by 2bluesc on 5/12/25, 2:20 PM with 3 comments

  • by tencentshill on 5/12/25, 6:39 PM

    So individual GPS units on GPU boards shipped in steel containers, deployed in EMI-shielded datacenters, installed in steel racks, inside a steel chassis? Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas aims to change the laws of physics.
  • by inverted_flag on 5/12/25, 3:59 PM

    > The first and central provision of the bill is the requirement for tracking technology to be embedded in any high-end processor module or device that falls under the U.S. export restrictions.

    How would this even work? Embedding gps modules in gpus? Is this as insane as it sounds?

  • by itg on 5/12/25, 2:44 PM

    Wouldn't it be easy to spoof the location? Don't see this really doing anything except adding more costs to gpus.