Nvidia develops software-based tracking for AI GPUs to quash smuggling concerns — solution devised to prevent shipments to nations with export controls in place

Published: 5 days ago (December 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM EST)

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Source: Tom’s Hardware

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Nvidia has quietly developed a software‑based location‑verification system for its Blackwell‑generation GPUs that can approximate where the hardware is operating, which could prevent smuggling of AI GPUs to China.

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