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Chinese nationals charged with exporting Nvidia AI chips to China


Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of exporting the chips from the US to China through Singapore and Malaysia.

Business records showed the company sent goods several times from the US to shipping firms in Singapore and Malaysia between October 2022 and July 2025, the DOJ said, noting that both countries are used as transit hubs to "conceal illegal shipments" to China. Super Micro did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC but said in a statement to the Reuters news agency that it was "firmly committed to compliance with all US export control regulations." Court documents seen by the BBC allege the shipments included Nvidia's H100 graphics processing units (GPUs), which have become a key focus of US export controls aimed at stopping China purchasing the cutting-edge technology.

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