Taiwan charges 9 over illegal AI server exports to China, including Nvidia and Super Micro staff
- Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine individuals, including staff from Nvidia and Super Micro, for illegally exporting high-end AI servers to mainland China.
- The servers involved were B300 graphics processing units, which are banned from sale to China.
- Prosecutors are seeking maximum five-year sentences for four of the defendants, including an Nvidia manager identified only by his last name.
- Seventy-four servers were successfully delivered to China, while another attempt involving 56 servers failed and remained in Taiwan.
Taiwanese prosecutors have charged nine individuals for illegally exporting high-end AI servers to mainland China, which includes staff from Nvidia and Super Micro. The servers in question are B300 graphics processing units, which have been banned from sale to China due to U.S. export controls.
Prosecutors are seeking maximum five-year sentences for four of the defendants, one of whom is an Nvidia manager identified only by his last name. The document from the Keelung District Prosecutors’ office indicated that the defendants had set up a company in Japan to facilitate the transfer of servers.
A total of 74 servers were successfully delivered to China, with various routes taken, including shipments through Indonesia and Japan. In contrast, an attempt to export another 56 servers failed, and those units remain in Taiwan.
台湾对9人提起诉讼，涉及非法向中国出口AI服务器，包括Nvidia和Super Micro员工
台湾检察官对九人提起诉讼，指控他们非法向中国出口高端AI服务器，其中包括Nvidia和Super Micro的员工。涉案的服务器为B300图形处理单元，因美国出口管制而被禁止出售给中国。
检察官对四名被告寻求最高五年监禁，其中一名被告为一名仅以姓氏识别的Nvidia经理。基隆地方法院的文件指出，被告在日本成立了一家公司，以便促进服务器的转移。
共计74台服务器成功送达中国，运输路线多样，包括通过印度尼西亚和日本的运输。相反，另一起涉及56台服务器的出口尝试失败，这些设备仍留在台湾。