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A chip smuggling operation is busted sending chips to China
According to BusinessKorea, the largest chip smuggling bust to date -- contained 53,000 chips valued at $11.6 million, uncovered by South Korea's customs service
While smugglers have made numerous smaller-scale attempts to import consumer GPUs and CPUs into China, the chips used in this operation were designed to convert analog data to digital. The previous record holder in stories we reported was an attempt to smuggle $4 million worth of CPU s, SSDs, and other equipment from Hong Kong to China. Still, it’s possible that the chips are being utilized for other, as-yet-unknown purposes—possibly even inside weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), as the US government fears.
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