Lawmaker says Nvidia privately acknowledged chip-tracking requirements are feasible

Nvidia representatives privately told Representative Bill Foster that the company could implement anti-smuggling measures proposed in the Chip Security Act, Foster told MIT Technology Review on Thursday. The Semiconductor Industry Association, which includes Nvidia, had opposed the bill's tracking mandates as potentially infeasible. The proposed law would verify advanced AI chips' locations through facility inspections, company attestations or signals sent when chips come online. It is among three chip-security bills under consideration for inclusion in the Senate's National Defense Authorization Act. Foster said Nvidia's acknowledgment was verbal. Nvidia did not confirm his account in response to requests for comment. The proposed tracking mechanisms would locate chips but would not disconnect chips found to have been smuggled.