According to a recent report from PCMag, all products made by Nvidia will no longer be going on sale in Russia, affective as of last Friday. While there was no elaboration on the move, a spokesperson for the company simply said, “we are not selling into Russia.” However, there was no statement about whether this would encompass third-party companies that make and sell Nvidia graphics cards as well. While the GPU firm has clearly made a stand, it still has many partners that produce hardware from its range, so it may not stop MSI, Asus or Gigabyte from still shipping cards to Russia.
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Of course, politics aside, there is still an ongoing tech shortage which could continue until 2023. As it stands, Nvidia saying it will be suspending business ties with Russia shows a degree of solidarity, especially as other companies do the same thing, including AMD and Intel. But currently, as many can attest to, getting hold of something like a current gen RTX graphics card is already quite difficult, so Nvidia stopping sales in Russia will likely make things worse for PC users.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for a week and a half now. A spokesperson for Intel has said that the company stands “with the people of Ukraine” with high hopes of a peaceful resolution occurring as more and more companies join the ranks of those who are severing business links with the invading nation.
As for Nvidia itself, the company is currently having troubles of its own, as a group of hackers compromised Nvidia’s security systems a few days ago and has since threatened to release sensitive information. The group has also recently attacked Samsung and has made similar threats. At the time of writing, it is not believed that these cyberattacks are related to the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
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Source: PCMag
