Nvidia Pressed Taiwan Officials to Drop Charges Against Manager in 74-Server Chip Smuggling Case

Nvidia representatives contacted Taiwanese political officials to dispute forgery and breach-of-trust charges against a company manager surnamed Chang, telling them 'he should not be under investigation,' per Bloomberg. Chang was indicted in August for allegedly diverting 74 B300-containing servers to China via Japan and Indonesia, with another 56 seized by Taiwan's Coast Guard. Nvidia also sought advice from TSMC, which declined to get involved.