Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility

Nvidia representatives told Illinois representative Bill Foster that the anti-smuggling chip-tracking measures in the Chip Security Act would be technically feasible, even though the Semiconductor Industry Association, of which Nvidia is a member, publicly called the mandates "new, untested, and potentially infeasible." Foster, a cosponsor of the bill, said the company never put anything in writing but reacted with "yeah, of course we can do this" during technical discussions. Nvidia did not respond to requests for comment or confirmation of Foster's characterization.