Observed arrival · 2026-08-24

SigPulse: China’s AI and Hardware, Measured at the Machine

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A dispatch site covering China’s AI models, local compute economics, fintech friction, and digital realities through hardware tests and field reports.

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The project combines technical benchmark reporting with practical field notes about operating across China’s digital systems. Its first listed test compares a 32B Q4 distill at 27 tok/s with the full 671B mixture-of-experts model at 1.4 tok/s on a 24GB RTX 4090, while the second dispatch documents foreign-card surcharges, passport KYC delays, and eSIM-related compliance concerns.

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