Taiwan Prosecutes Nine Over Smuggling of Nvidia B300 Servers into China
Prosecutors in Keelung, Taiwan indicted nine people, including an Nvidia senior manager who allegedly personally signed off on the release of restricted B300 GPUs, and two former Super Micro Taiwan employees, accusing them of conspiring to smuggle AI servers into China. According to reports including the Financial Times, forged documents claimed 130 B300 servers would remain at a Taiwan facility, while 74 ultimately reached China. The chips have been covered by the US export ban on China since 2022.
Confirmed
- Nine defendants indicted by Keelung prosecutors, including an Nvidia senior manager and former Super Micro employees.
- Forged documents covered 130 servers; 74 reached China.
- Prosecutors say the defendants knowingly violated strict export controls for substantial profit.
Unconfirmed
- Whether Nvidia has officially responded, and whether company-level compliance failures are involved.
Why it matters
The case exposes enforcement gaps in US chip export controls and shows smuggling remains active. Jensen Huang previously said there was no evidence of Nvidia chips being diverted to China; three countries have opened cases this year contradicting that claim, with this being the latest. Commentators argue such controls are of limited practical effect, since remote access remains feasible and enforcement is nearly impossible.
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