The US authorities secretly installed location devices in some shipments of advanced chips that consider a high risk of illegal diverting to China, agencies agencies that quoted people who realized developments.
The report stated that their measures are to identify AI chips that are diverted to destinations with export limitations in the US and only ask for specific investigations.
Trackants can assist in building cases against individuals and companies that benefit from violations of US export laws.
Location tracers are investigative tools used for decades by American enforcement of the right to monitor products with export limits such as aircraft parts. Recently, they were used to fighting the illegal diversion of semiconductors.
People involved in the AI Supplier chain said they know about the trackers in server shipments from manufacturers such as Dell and Super Micro, which include chips from NVIDIA and AMD.
Especially those who are involved in the redirecting of export consignments and shipments of the server to China confirmed that they were aware of the devices.
These people said that followers are mostly hidden in a server package.
Livemint could not verify the message separately.
In the case of 2024, the Dell servers with NVIDIA chips contained both large trackers on boxes and smaller devices hidden inside the package and servers.
In addition, the person also claimed to have seen pictures and videos that show that the trackers are removed by other DELL chips and Super Micro Servers. The person mentioned that some of the larger followers were approximately the size of the smartphone.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said they did not know about this issue.
Dell noted that “they are not aware of the US initiative that would place trackers in their product shipments”.
Nvidia reported: “We don’t install secret devices in our products.”
Limitation of American chips
The US, the dominant leader of the global AI chip supply chain, has in recent years has focused on limiting the export of chips and related technologies to China to limit their military modernization. In addition, it has limited sales of chips to Russia to weaken its war efforts against Ukraine.
The White House and the Both Congress Chambers proposed that US companies of a smart company integrate the technology technology technology to ensure that they are not diverted to countries where US export limits are limited.
China slams American export frames
China criticized the limitation of US exports as part of a campaign for limiting its rise and condemned the proposal to track location. Last month, the Chinese cyberspace regulator convened NVIDIA to express concerns about the risks of its chips containing the “rear vdoor” that could allow remote access or control that the company has strongly denied.
(With Reuters inputs.)
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