Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China

Taiwan prosecutors have indicted nine people for allegedly smuggling high-end AI chips to China. The defendants include a senior manager at Nvidia’s Taiwan branch and employees at Supermicro’s office in New Taipei. Authorities say they worked together to export and conceal the sale of more than 100 servers containing powerful Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. US export controls prohibit the sale of those chips to China. Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of up to six years on charges including illegal exports and embezzlement exceeding US$1 million. Several suspects are being held incommunicado, while one remains at large.