Financial times Nvidia AI chips of $ 1 billion in China were smuggled into China in three months after the Trump administration tightened the semiconductor export control. Referring to sales contracts, company documents and people with direct knowledge, the publication states that a promoted black market has been created for US semiconductors. The products sold include NVIDIA’s Top -Tire B200 chips, which have become a silicon for American Big Tech when training AI model. The United States has banned the sale of these chips to China.
With reporters on earth in China, Financial times Third – party data center operators, a capable of middlemen, have been developed on information and manufactured racks that are all ready to meet the demand for the most powerful chips of NVIDIA. Along with the B200, H100 and H200 are also banned, but there is still extreme searched. All of these weak H20 are far more capable than chip, which was designed to comply with export sanctions for sale to China, though the model has faced export restrictions.
Nvidia, told for his part Financial times It has “no evidence of any AI chip twist” and that “trying to collect data centers from smuggled products is proposed to lose both technical and economically.” Nvidia explained, “Data centers need service and help, which we only provide NVIDIA’s authorized products.”
Photos produced by Financial times Show server rack boxes with company logo on social media in China on social media. Those companies refuse to know how their products ended in the Chinese black market, and Financial times Not accusing any of such joining.
Reporting shows that some Southeast Asian countries have become a center for Chinese groups to obtain limited chips. This server can prevent US export control from being sent to Thailand or Malaysia. The US Department of Commerce is allegedly considering increasing export control over advanced AI chips in these countries.
The demand for these products is without a question, and as a Chinese distribution has stated Financial times“Many times in history has been proven that there has been a huge profit, the mediators will always find a way.”
