Computer hardware firm Super Micro Computer's offices were raided by authorities in Taiwan as part of an investigation regarding GPU smuggling, says a report from Bloomberg. The publication quotes a statement by Taiwanβs Keelung District Prosecutors' Office, which notes the locations of several offices that were raided as part of an investigation into the smuggling of NVIDIA's chips into China. A Super Micro office was also present in the list, but the statement did not directly address the firm. Taiwanese Authorities Raid Super Micro's Office As Part Of GPU Smuggling Investigation According to Bloomberg's report, corroborated by the Financial Times [β¦]
With NVIDIA DGX Station systems now shipping, Supermicro had their Super AI Station on display a Computex, showing off the GB300 system in all of its 208 billion transistor glory
NVIDIA's AI chips have once again bypassed barriers and landed at Alibaba in China, as the US suspects Supermicro's role in smuggling through Thailand. NVIDIA's AI Chips Still Carry Immense Interest In China As Alibaba Lands Restricted Supermico Servers That Were Smuggled Via Thailand Despite China dropping the hammer on NVIDIA's chips to increase dependency on in-house AI chips, the leading Chinese firms, such as Alibaba, are still procuring the latest hardware from NVIDIA through illegal channels. As per Bloomberg, several Supermicro employees, including high-level executives, are involved in a $2.5 billion smuggling case. The case revolves around shipping several [β¦]
SuperMicro, a leading AI infrastructure provider, has reportedly been charged by the Justice Department for smuggling NVIDIA's servers to China, but the way they did it is a lot more surprising. SuperMicro's Employees Used Bogus Servers & 'Hair Dryers' To Deceive U.S. Export Control Officers The issue of NVIDIA's AI chips being smuggled to China has persisted since the Biden administration, and it has been a concern not just for the administration but also for NVIDIA, which has previously said there are "no signs of diversions". Well, it appears that SuperMicro was involved in a 'smuggling scandal', in which it [β¦]