Taiwan Prosecutors Probe 3 People over Smuggling AI Servers with Nvidia Chips to China
Authorities in Taiwan are investigating three people for allegedly using forged documents to smuggle computer servers with advanced Nvidia chips to China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Authorities in Taiwan are investigating three people on suspicion of using forged documents to smuggle computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China, prosecutors said Thursday.
The high-performance AI servers were made by the San Jose, California-based Super Micro Computer Inc. and purchased in Taiwan. The three people are accused of conspiring to use the false documents for export declarations to smuggle the servers to China, Taiwan’s Keelung District Prosecutors Office said in a statement.
Prosecutors did not identify the three people.
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While the suspects were aware of U.S. export restrictions that blocked such exports to mainland China, Macao and Hong Kong, they went ahead anyway for “huge profits,” the prosecutors' statement said.
In March, U.S. authorities charged a senior vice president of Super Micro and two others associated with the company with conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars worth of high-performance servers containing Nvidia chips to China, breaching U.S. export control measures.
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