Two Chinese nationals were arrested this week on charges that they sent tens of millions of dollars worth of advanced AI chips made by
The defendants used a company based in El Monte, California, to export sensitive technology, including graphics processing units, used in artificial intelligence without obtaining the necessary government licenses, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday.
According to a criminal complaint provided by the agency, the two individuals shipped Nvidia-designed chips, including the company’s H100 AI accelerators, which are the basis for computers ...