SK Hynix is conditioning its US manufacturing expansion on receiving US government approval to export more semiconductor equipment to its NAND flash plant in Dalian, China.
A co-conspirator has pleaded guilty to smuggling Nvidia AI chips to China via Super Micro servers, as legal pressure mounts on the company and its executives.
A former Supermicro contractor has pleaded guilty to charges involving the illegal diversion of Nvidia-powered AI servers to China in violation of US export controls.
Ten individuals in Taiwan have been indicted for smuggling U.S. military-grade chips to China using forged documents and false origin labeling.
Micro Center customers are now required to sign a declaration prohibiting the export of systems equipped with Nvidia RTX 5090 graphics cards.
US authorities arrested Earthmade Computer CEO Greg Lui for orchestrating a $300 million smuggling scheme to divert Nvidia AI chips into China.
A California tech CEO faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly smuggling over $300 million worth of export-controlled AI servers to China using falsified paperwork.
US retailer Micro Center now requires customers buying workstations with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs to sign a non-export declaration, amid ongoing federal crackdowns on illegal tech shipments to China.
Micro Center now requires buyers of the Nvidia RTX 5090 to provide personal identification and sign a strict no-export agreement to prevent illegal hardware smuggling.
Micro Center is reportedly requiring customers to provide ID and sign export declarations when purchasing systems equipped with NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics cards.
US officials are investigating how Nvidia chips worth over $800 million were smuggled into China, prompting calls for a review of the company's export licenses.
