Nvidia clearly attempted to circumvent the _spirit_ of the law. The intent of the ban was clear and Nvidia ignored that. It's much less like the speed limit ex

Nvidia clearly attempted to circumvent the _spirit_ of the law. The intent of the ban was clear and Nvidia ignored that. It's much less like the speed limit example you gave and much more like a parent telling one of their children to stop touching the sibling so they just hover an inch away from them saying, "I'm not touching you!". The parent is going to very obviously modify their rule immediately to curb this circumvention. If I had to guess, Nvidia hoped the regulations were just signalling rather than an actual attempt to prevent the specific hardware from getting to the Chinese.