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What is happening with Super Micro and NVIDIA comes from afar. The US Government has suspected for several years that Chinese companies and research centers dedicated to artificial intelligence (IA) acquire NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs through Singapore and Malaysia intermediary companies. Early March 2025 The Singapore Government confirmed that had identified those responsible for diverting servers containing the high-performance GPUs produced by NVIDIA to China. One of the companies that had presumably acquired those servers was High-Flyer, the parent company DeepSeek. And the companies that had manufactured those machines were two American customers of NVIDIA very important: Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer. Now we know much more. According to Reutersfour Chinese universities purchased Super Micro servers equipped with GPUs restricted by the US Government over the last year. And two of these universities are linked to the People’s Liberation Army. Super Micro is the last straw for US senators In 2022, the US Government decided to ban the sale to China of the most powerful AI GPUs designed by NVIDIA, AMD and other US companies. Since then, the US and Chinese Administrations have maintained a constant pulse that not only affects the integrated circuit industry; It permeates everything to the extent that AI chips support a critical technology for both nations. Be that as it may, Super Micro, whose headquarters reside in San José (California), He is currently facing very serious charges.. Two US senators have asked Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, to suspend all export licenses And, again according to Reutersthree employees of this company (one of them is its co-founder), have been accused of facilitating the smuggling of cutting-edge American AI technology to China worth at least 2.5 billion dollars. Super Micro has defended itself by claiming that those responsible for the company were not aware of the plot orchestrated by these employees, but this conflict has set off alarms on Capitol Hill. And there is probably no turning back. Two US senators have asked Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, to suspend all export licenses that allow the shipment of advanced NVIDIA GPUs and servers to China and its intermediaries in Southeast Asia, such as Singapore or Malaysia. For NVIDIA, this scenario is very dangerous, which is why its spokespersons have confirmed that they are working closely with the US Government to fully comply with current and future export regulations. Whatever the future of NVIDIA in China is uncertain. If the two senators’ proposal finally goes ahead, their presence in the market of the country led by Xi Jinping will be threatened. Additionally, at the beginning of October 2024 the Chinese Administration sent to its AI companies a recommendation in which it asked them to, to the extent possible, They used chips produced in China. Ten months later this recommendation became a requirement. And the Chinese Government forced state-owned data centers throughout the country to use at least 50% Chinese integrated circuits in their servers. Image | Generated by Xataka with Gemini More information | Reuters | Tom’s Hardware In Xataka | We can forget about AI without hallucinations for now. NVIDIA CEO explains why