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    U.S. tech execs smuggled Nvidia chips to China, prosecutors say


    U.S. tech execs smuggled Nvidia chips to China, prosecutors say

    https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/us-tech-execs-smuggled-nvidia-chips-to-china-prosecutors-say.html

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    45 Comments

    1. gamersecret2 on

      The chip war is not just governments vs governments. It is also people chasing money and acting like export controls are optional.

      That is national level stupidity for profit.

    2. BusyHands_ on

      Wouldnt it had been easier to take the chips into California and cross over into Mexico from one of the low riding fence lines?

      From there how easy it would have been to ship it via freight since its Mexico

    4. snacktopotamus on

      How much profit on the bribes they’ll hand over to the current US admin to disregard this?

    5. stohelitstorytelling on

      Is this just the US kidnapping Chinese nationals as a bargaining chip, ala Russia?

    9. Abyssal_Emissary on

      If it gets china to manufacture a gpu that doesn’t want to shove ai down our throats, so be it

    10. NovelDraft5175 on

      The republican party is in charge will a corrupt administration what do you expect?

    11. CakeTown on

      There are a shit ton of nvidia GPUs for sale on eBay with the GPUs and VRAM removed, I’ve always wondered if it was this kind of scheme

    18. TheDarkClaw on

      I do not know what’s this sub opinion about Steve from gamers nexus but his trip to china covered this that I thought was interesting

    22. szopongebob on

      They should treat that like exporting drugs but no the suits will never go to prison

    27. ThisIsPaulDaily on

      I have seen many people younger than me hear things like “we can’t source those parts, but maybe we think we have a way if you are going to put it in writing that we need them” – unspecified Asia team. 

      And then they would put it in writing and or facilitate a transfer. 

      “We do whatever it takes don’t slip schedule or you’re in trouble” – management. 

      “ITAR…” -ME 

      Shit finds a way. Just not through me. 

    28. Lucky-Zebra9235 on

      Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, Ruei-Tsan “Steven” Chang and Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun

      Could’ve seen this coming a mile away.

    30. Personal-Lock9623 on

      Why don’t they just set up the data farm in another country then run it from China?

    32. keptfrozen on

      Lol look at that, U.S. tech execs don’t care about creating jobs for Americans or helping grow U.S’s economy. They only care about their profit.

    36. ProduceNo1629 on

      Exported the jobs and shutdown your factories, cheated on taxes every step of the way, smuggled intellectual property, and it’s never enough.

      Then some toothless, brainless moron says a strawberry picker being paid under the table is the reason your money has no value and your children will never own a house.

    38. competitv on

      What up, Steve?!?! Shout out to Gamers Nexus for doing an awesome doc on the GPU black market over there. Highly recommend checking it out if this story interests you.

    42. FangFioDente on

      lol, the same fucks who made everyone watch those security export training videos I’m sure.

    43. ilovus on

      100%. Let’s be real, laws are just there for poor people now that they are try to build a slave-class of feudal peasants.

    44. TakayamaYoshi on

      Limiting the competitor from accessing latest tech is the lamest way to compete. It basically says I lose.