Bill Foster

Nvidia Privately Said Chip Tracking Is Feasible, Undercutting Public Doubts Over Smuggling Controls

Nvidia representatives privately told U.S. Representative Bill Foster that it would be technically possible to build the anti-smuggling safeguards envisioned in the Chip Security Act, according to Foster in an interview with MIT Technology Review. The disclosure sharpens a widening gap between what chipmakers say in public and what they are willing to acknowledge in private as Washington weighs tighter controls on advanced semiconductors. The exchange adds momentum to a debate over whether frontier AI hardware can be tracked after sale to prevent diversion to restricted markets.