Images suggest they could be recent Intel Xeons – perhaps even the sort of kit subject to sanctions
Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department on Monday revealed it intercepted 596 CPUs that an alleged smuggler was trying to ship into China.that on June 11 its staff spotted a suspect vehicle attempting to pass through the Shenzhen Bay Control Point – one of the checkpoints between Hong Kong and mainland China.
Officers felt the vehicle worthy of X-ray inspection – a hunch that paid off after it was found to contain CPUs hidden in false compartments.photo of the CPUs posted by the agency and applied reverse image search to identify the part: we're confident it's a recent Intel Xeon, but can't say with any certainty which model.
Between the $2,500-per-CPU valuation and authorities' assessment that the chips are high-end product, the possibility this haul could comprise kit not permitted to enter China under current US sanctions cannot be dismissed. If that is indeed the case, it's another example of"evasion routes" China uses to get its hands on gear.
Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department hasn't offered any info about the possible buyers for this batch of kit, nor its provenance. It has, however, celebrated the HKD$3 million in taxes the alleged perp failed to avoid. ®China's new sanctions loophole: Use export-controlled chips inside the US
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