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Nvidia Boosts Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia to Fight Smuggling

Bloomberg Technology Friday 06 November 2026, 10:03 UTC By Mackenzie Hawkins 1 min read
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EXCLUSIVE AI Nvidia Boosts Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia to Fight Smuggling Nvidia Corp. is stepping up monitoring of AI accelerators sold in Southeast Asia, a strategic step to curtail semiconductor smuggling after criticism it hasn’t done enough to stop shipments from illegally reaching Chinese companies. The chipmaker now requires customers in the region to enroll in its so-called fleet intelligence system — which tracks the location of AI accelerators owned by participating companies,...

EXCLUSIVE AI Nvidia Boosts Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia to Fight Smuggling Nvidia Corp. is stepping up monitoring of AI accelerators sold in Southeast Asia, a strategic step to curtail semiconductor smuggling after criticism it hasn’t done enough to stop shipments from illegally reaching Chinese companies. The chipmaker now requires customers in the region to enroll in its so-called fleet intelligence system — which tracks the location of AI accelerators owned by participating companies, among other metrics — in order to become official Nvidia Cloud Partners, or NCPs, according to people familiar with the matter.
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