Nvidia внедряет технологию отслеживания чипов для борьбы с контрабандой в Китай Translation: Nvidia implements chip tracking technology to combat smuggling to China.

Nvidia has developed a technology to verify the location of its processors, according to a report by Reuters.

This feature was privately introduced and will be offered as an optional service to customers. The tool leverages the «confidential computing capabilities of graphic processing units (GPUs).»

The software is designed to facilitate the «monitoring of the overall chip performance» — a practice that is reportedly standard among companies purchasing processors in bulk for large data centers.

The location of semiconductors is determined by analyzing the latency in data exchanges with Nvidia’s servers. The corporation intends to release the software as open-source to allow external researchers to study it.

Nvidia emphasized that «there are no features that enable the company to remotely control registered systems or take action against them.» The telemetry data will only be accessible in a read-only format.

«There is no capability within the GPUs for Nvidia or a remote participant to disable the chip,» a spokesperson for the company stated.

This feature will first be available on the new Blackwell chips, with consideration being given to including it on other generations of semiconductors.

Nvidia’s decision followed reports of the smuggling of its chips into China, where sources indicate that DeepSeek is utilizing processors imported without official authorization.

«We have not seen any confirmations nor have we received reports of ‘phantom data centers’ established to deceive us and our partners. While such smuggling seems unlikely, we are investigating all reports that come to us,» a company representative said.

The U.S. has banned the export of flagship Blackwell chips to China to maintain its leadership in the AI race.

It is worth noting that in December, former President Donald Trump announced that authorities would permit Nvidia to sell H200 chips to «approved customers» in China and other countries.