US’ commerce dept asks Nvidia to probe how chips ended up in China

The US Department of Commerce has recently asked Nvidia to look into how the company’s products ended up in China over the past year, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person close to the department.

The chip giant has asked big distributors such as Super Micro Computer and Dell Technologies to conduct spot checks of their customers in Southeast Asia, the report said. Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips are embedded in server products made by Super Micro and Dell.