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Taiwan Indicts 9 Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff in $2.5 Billion AI Export Case

Taiwan prosecutors charged nine individuals for the illegal shipment of high-end artificial intelligence servers to China. The group of defendants includes employees from Nvidia and Super Micro, following the conclusion of a probe into the unauthorized export of restricted hardware.

Super Micro previously announced that an independent board investigation found no evidence current senior management was aware of an alleged smuggling scheme. That review addressed claims involving $2.5 billion in hardware packed with Nvidia chips.

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  1. SOURCE@reuters“indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro”x.com
  2. SUPPORT@firstsquawk“Taiwan concludes probe into illegal high-end server exports”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@firstsquawk“Nvidia and Supermicro employees named among defendants, Taiwan prosecutors say”x.com
  4. SOURCE@ajenglish“Taiwanese authorities have indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro Computer”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@kimmonismus“74 were allegedly delivered to Chinese customers, directly or through Indonesia, Japan and Hong Kong”x.com
  6. SOURCEhuggingnewshuggingnews.com
  7. SOURCE@ft“Nvidia employee charged with smuggling advanced chips into China”x.com
  8. SUPPORT@unusual_whales“A Nvidia, $NVDA, employee has been charged with smuggling advanced chips into China, per Reuters.”x.com
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