Smugglers are reportedly soldering top-tier HBM onto deliberately useless processors to sneak it into China, and the trick isn't new

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Nov 3, 2026, 3:20 pm182 ptsTrendingTop
Smugglers are reportedly pairing Samsung and SK hynix HBM with deliberately useless processors so the package passes export regulations as a low-end chip Shenzhen workshops then heat the packages, pry off the HBM3E, and sell it for about $4,000 a stack, mostly to Huawei customers The trick exploits a December…

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