Chinese labs strip RTX 5090 dies and 32GB VRAM for AI servers

Hundreds of GeForce RTX 5090 cards from various vendors, including Founders Edition and the $10,000 ROG Astral, were spotted in a Chinese lab. Technicians remove the GPU die and 32GB of GDDR7 memory and mount them on custom PCBs with dual-slot blower coolers for AI servers.

• Hundreds of RTX 5090 cards from multiple vendors seen in a Chinese lab
• GPU die and 32GB GDDR7 moved onto custom boards for AI servers
• Dual-slot blower cooler used to fit cards into servers
• Nvidia denies reports that the RTX 5090 is discontinued