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title: "Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility"
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published_at: "2026-11-12T20:16:24.000Z"
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# Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility

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**Published:** 2026-11-12T20:16:24.000Z
**Category:** Chips
**Topics:** nvidia, regulation

## Summary

Nvidia has reportedly confirmed it can track chips to combat smuggling, despite industry skepticism about the feasibility of such tracking\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/12/1148483/nvidia-chip-tracking/>)