Nvidia privately confirms chip tracking can be implemented
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Nvidia representatives said in technical discussions with Illinois lawmaker Bill Foster that the anti-smuggling tracking measures required by the Chip Security Act are technically feasible. Foster told MIT Technology Review that their reaction at the time was "of course it can be done," but that "nothing was ever written down"; Nvidia did not respond to a request for comment and did not confirm Foster's account. Meanwhile, the Semiconductor Industry Association called such tracking requirements "novel, untested and potentially unworkable." Currently, Nvidia's feasibility assessment comes only from the lawmaker's account and has not been confirmed in writing by the company, while the industry group publicly questions its feasibility.
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- MIT Technology Review · AINvidia 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.
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