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title: "Taiwan charges nine people for smuggling ‘high-end’ AI servers to China"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/taiwan-charges-nine-people-for-smuggling-high-end-ai-servers-to-china-v6c3d6616
published: 2026-08-25T19:02:42.000Z
byline: "Source: The Guardian"
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# Taiwan charges nine people for smuggling ‘high-end’ AI servers to China

Source: The Guardian · Published 2026-08-25 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/taiwan-charges-nine-people-for-smuggling-high-end-ai-servers-to-china-v6c3d6616

Among those charged are two Super Micro employees and one from Nvidia, marking another flashpoint in US-China AI rivalry Taiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting “high-end AI servers” to mainland China, adding another wave of turbulence in the AI ​​rivalry between China and the United States. Prosecutors said the servers involved were graphics processing units known as “B300,” which have been banned from sale to China. Continue reading...

In this story: [Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/nvidia-blackwell-ultra-b300), [Super Micro](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/super-micro)

## Sources

- [Read the original at The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/25/taiwan-china-ai-smugglers)

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