{"id":458243,"date":"2026-05-24T22:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/458243\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T22:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:32:17","slug":"after-2-5-billion-supermicro-smuggling-bust-nvidia-ceo-urges-company-to-fix-export-control-compliance-taiwan-also-begins-to-crack-down-on-ai-gpu-chip-smuggling-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/458243\/","title":{"rendered":"After $2.5 billion Supermicro smuggling bust, Nvidia CEO urges company to fix export control compliance \u2014 Taiwan also begins to crack down on AI GPU chip smuggling to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-17d39926-25d5-4eb8-9907-589d471cda23\">Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called on Super Micro Computer to strengthen its export compliance controls after arriving in Taipei on Saturday, months after U.S. federal prosecutors charged the server maker&#8217;s co-founder and two others with conspiring to smuggle approximately $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia-equipped servers to China through shell companies in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Huang told reporters at Songshan Airport that Nvidia insists its partners follow U.S. trade rules. &#8220;We insist our partners are compliant. We hope that they will enhance and improve their regulation compliance and prevent that from happening in the future,&#8221; Huang said in an address to the media.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-17d39926-25d5-4eb8-9907-589d471cda23-2\">Huang&#8217;s comments came days after Taiwan launched its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/desktops\/servers\/taiwan-raids-12-locations-in-its-first-formal-crackdown-on-nvidia-ai-chip-smuggling-hunts-three-fugitives-for-document-forgery-fraudulent-declarations-in-super-micro-smuggling-case\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/desktops\/servers\/taiwan-raids-12-locations-in-its-first-formal-crackdown-on-nvidia-ai-chip-smuggling-hunts-three-fugitives-for-document-forgery-fraudulent-declarations-in-super-micro-smuggling-case\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/desktops\/servers\/taiwan-raids-12-locations-in-its-first-formal-crackdown-on-nvidia-ai-chip-smuggling-hunts-three-fugitives-for-document-forgery-fraudulent-declarations-in-super-micro-smuggling-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first formal crackdown <\/a>on illicit AI hardware exports. The Keelung District Prosecutors&#8217; Office announced earlier this week that three suspects had submitted fraudulent shipping declarations to export Super Micro servers containing Nvidia AI chips to China, Hong Kong, and Macau.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/media\/img\/brand_logo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/media\/img\/brand_logo.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>The Taiwan case is separate from, but closely related to, the much larger <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/semiconductors\/super-micro-employees-accused-of-smuggling-usd2-5-billion-worth-of-nvidia-hardware-to-china-perps-used-a-hairdryer-to-move-serial-numbers-between-real-hardware-and-thousands-of-dummy-servers\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/semiconductors\/super-micro-employees-accused-of-smuggling-usd2-5-billion-worth-of-nvidia-hardware-to-china-perps-used-a-hairdryer-to-move-serial-numbers-between-real-hardware-and-thousands-of-dummy-servers\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/semiconductors\/super-micro-employees-accused-of-smuggling-usd2-5-billion-worth-of-nvidia-hardware-to-china-perps-used-a-hairdryer-to-move-serial-numbers-between-real-hardware-and-thousands-of-dummy-servers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. federal prosecution unsealed in March<\/a>. That indictment charged Supermicro co-founder Yih-Shyan &#8220;Wally&#8221; Liaw and two others with conspiring to smuggle approximately $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia-equipped servers to China through shell companies in Southeast Asia. Liaw has pleaded not guilty, and Supermicro has said it\u2019s not named as a defendant and is cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In the same press scrum at Songshan Airport, Huang confirmed that China is included in the $200 billion addressable market he projected for Nvidia&#8217;s upcoming Vera CPU during the company&#8217;s earnings call on May 20th. &#8220;H200 has been licensed to ship to China. It would be terrific to be able to serve that market. The Chinese market is very important. It&#8217;s very large, of course,&#8221; Huang told reporters, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the licensing approval, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/us-senators-call-for-a-halt-to-nvidia-gpu-exports-in-the-wake-of-the-super-micro-scandal-looming-chip-security-act-may-put-a-wrench-into-huangs-china-ambitions\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/us-senators-call-for-a-halt-to-nvidia-gpu-exports-in-the-wake-of-the-super-micro-scandal-looming-chip-security-act-may-put-a-wrench-into-huangs-china-ambitions\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/us-senators-call-for-a-halt-to-nvidia-gpu-exports-in-the-wake-of-the-super-micro-scandal-looming-chip-security-act-may-put-a-wrench-into-huangs-china-ambitions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not a single H200 has been delivered<\/a> to a Chinese customer. While roughly 10 Chinese firms have been cleared to purchase the chip, shipments haven\u2019t started, and President Trump&#8217;s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing earlier this month produced no breakthrough on Nvidia chip sales.<\/p>\n<p>Huang is in Taipei ahead of Nvidia&#8217;s GTC Taipei event and his <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tag\/computex\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tag\/computex\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tag\/computex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Computex<\/a> keynote on June 1st, where he\u2019s expected to explore the Vera Rubin platform&#8217;s software stack. 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