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Re:China allegedly dumps bad chips on Russia by sct202 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:10AM (#33260954)
The more trustworthy Chinese companies are also refusing to do business with Russia so that they don't get sanctioned and lose business with the rest of the world. That leaves Russia with the worst of the worst.
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Re:China allegedly dumps bad chips on Russia by larryliu on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:12AM (#33262473)
Russian agents set up shell companies that hide their Russian nexus. IC vendors don't really background check cash buyers.

Many ICs are sold in open markets like this: https://n.sinaimg.cn/sinakd10114/107/w1024h683/20220819/c5a8...

Cash and carry, no fux given. You cannot sanction an open market like you cannot sanction open source software.

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Re:China allegedly dumps bad chips on Russia by nieve on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:09AM (#33271390)
But similarly you can't be sure what you're buying in a market like that.
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