💨 Abstract

Nvidia is reportedly developing software to track the location of its AI chips, particularly the Blackwell series, amid concerns about smuggling into China. The technology uses computing performance and communication delays to estimate a chip's location. This move follows allegations that China's DeepSeek AI models were trained on smuggled Nvidia chips, which Nvidia denies. Recently, Nvidia received U.S. approval to sell older H200 AI chips to approved customers in China, but not the newer Blackwell chips.

Courtesy: Rebecca Szkutak