--- title: Taiwan raids Super Micro office as Nvidia chip smuggling... description: Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office raided Super Micro Computer's local office and two affiliated companies — Chief Telecom and Albatron Technology —... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/taiwan-raids-super-micro-office-as-nvidia-chip-smuggling-investigation-widens-ikqbbgpfk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Taiwan raids Super Micro office as Nvidia chip smuggling investigation widens | daily.dev og:description: Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office raided Super Micro Computer's local office and two affiliated companies — Chief Telecom and Albatron Technology —... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/taiwan-raids-super-micro-office-as-nvidia-chip-smuggling-investigation-widens-ikqbbgpfk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IKqBbgPFk.png og:image:alt: Taiwan raids Super Micro office as Nvidia chip smuggling investigation widens og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Taiwan raids Super Micro office as Nvidia chip smuggling investigation widens **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 8 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office raided Super Micro Computer's local office and two affiliated companies — Chief Telecom and Albatron Technology — as part of an expanding criminal investigation into the smuggling of Nvidia AI chips to China. The probe began in May when three individuals, including Super Micro co-founder Wally Liaw, were detained for allegedly using forged documents to export Nvidia-equipped servers. The broader scheme is valued at roughly $2.5 billion by US prosecutors, who charged Liaw in March with conspiring to divert servers through a Southeast Asian front company. Super Micro shares fell over 9% on the news. Taiwan is now considering criminalizing AI chip exports to China outright, as current charges rely on document forgery laws. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that data centres built with diverted chips are a dead end due to lack of support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Taiwan raid Super Micro's office in the Nvidia chip smuggling investigation? Taiwan's Keelung District Prosecutors Office raided Super Micro's local office, the residences of six individuals, and two affiliated companies, Chief Telecom and Albatron Technology, as part of an expanding criminal probe into smuggling Nvidia chips to China through Super Micro servers. The investigation began in May with the detention of three suspects, including co-founder Wally Liaw, over forged export documents. _daily.dev helps engineers tracking hardware supply chains follow export control enforcement as it unfolds._ ### Does Taiwan currently criminalize exporting Nvidia AI chips to China? No, Taiwan does not currently treat AI chip exports to China as a standalone crime. Prosecutors instead charge suspected smugglers under existing laws like document forgery. Taipei is now considering criminalizing the exports themselves, which would give prosecutors a more direct legal tool against the illicit trade. _Teams navigating export compliance can follow policy shifts like this one on daily.dev._ ### What did Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang say about data centers built with smuggled chips? Jensen Huang told shareholders that data centers built with diverted, smuggled Nvidia chips are a dead end because Nvidia will not provide support or repairs for that hardware. This statement came shortly before Taiwan expanded its raid into companies handling the smuggled servers. _daily.dev keeps hardware and infrastructure buyers informed on statements shaping chip supply decisions._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@muskan83** · 0 upvotes > woah dude ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Taiwan detains an Nvidia employee as its chip-smuggling probe reaches the chipmaker](https://daily.dev/posts/taiwan-detains-an-nvidia-employee-as-its-chip-smuggling-probe-reaches-the-chipmaker-ixe0yxreo) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 2 comments - [Super Micro says two Taiwan staff detained in probe involving its AI servers](https://daily.dev/posts/super-micro-says-two-taiwan-staff-detained-in-probe-involving-its-ai-servers-ennyswbxn) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Taiwan indicts Nvidia manager over chips shipped to China](https://daily.dev/posts/taiwan-indicts-nvidia-manager-over-chips-shipped-to-china-httxlmdrb) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - 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