Taiwan suspects Nvidia chips smuggled to China via Japan
- On Thursday, Super Micro Computer announced it collaborated with Taiwanese authorities to block an illicit attempt to divert its servers to China, resulting in the seizure of 50 servers and the arrest of three suspects.
- This crackdown follows a March US operation that charged a Super Micro Computer co-founder with conspiring to divert US-made AI servers containing restricted Nvidia GPUs to China, rattling investor confidence at the time.
- Prosecutors in the Keelung District Prosecutors Office identified three suspects who allegedly used falsified documents to ship dozens of servers, each priced over US$312,000, from a northern port to evade export restrictions.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Supermicro to "enhance and improve" regulation compliance, while the server maker emphasized that servers were deceptively acquired after being sold to an authorized reseller.
- Management's active assistance in export control enforcement aims to reshape Supermicro's growth narrative, addressing compliance challenges that analysts suggest previously impacted major contract opportunities for the company.
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