David Schild

Hidden beneath AI chips, Chinese-made circuit boards raise national security concerns in U.S.

Printed circuit boards sit underneath almost every chip, a necessity in nearly every electronic. They make up a quiet but crucial piece of the booming artificial intelligence market, and represent a growing problem for the U.S., because nearly all AI circuit boards, for Nvidia and others, are made in China. Circuit boards present all sorts of opportunities for adversaries to sneak through malicious components.