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US politicians want to track Nvidia chips smuggled to China


A former particle physicist and chip designer is advocating for US authorities to adopt an effective method for tracking Nvidia GPUs. "The technology is already there," a...

In a nutshell: A new bipartisan bill aims to leverage a previously undisclosed tracking technology embedded in Nvidia chips to monitor where the products end up after sale. "The technology is already there," a supporter of the bill said, adding that the US Department of Commerce would simply need to develop appropriate regulations and enforce existing bans on chip exports to certain nations. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which is responsible for enforcing export controls for the Department of Commerce, currently lacks any information about the whereabouts of these chips.

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