By Luke James
Publication Date: 2026-05-24 14:20:00
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called on Super Micro Computer to strengthen its export compliance controls after arriving in Taipei on Saturday, months after U.S. federal prosecutors charged the server maker’s co-founder and two others with conspiring to smuggle approximately $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia-equipped servers to China through shell companies in Southeast Asia.
Huang told reporters at Songshan Airport that Nvidia insists its partners follow U.S. trade rules. “We insist our partners are compliant. We hope that they will enhance and improve their regulation compliance and prevent that from happening in the future,” Huang said in an address to the media.
Huang’s comments came days after Taiwan launched its first formal crackdown on illicit AI hardware exports. The Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office announced earlier this week that three suspects had submitted fraudulent shipping declarations to export Super Micro servers containing Nvidia AI chips to China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
The Taiwan case is separate from, but closely related to, the much larger U.S. federal prosecution unsealed in March. That indictment charged Supermicro co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two others with conspiring to smuggle approximately $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia-equipped servers to China through shell companies in Southeast Asia. Liaw has pleaded not guilty, and Supermicro has said it’s not named as a defendant…