If they don't need NVIDIA then why are they attempting so hard to bypass export controls.
If they don't need NVIDIA then why is the now former CEO of NVIDIA trying so hard to allow exprt controls to be relaxed.
And it's because brute forcing only allows you to not fall behind, but you can't catch up to frontier models or surpass.
Could it not be true that they could brute force it if need be, but it would be much easier to use the better chips if they can get them?