Taiwan investigates Nvidia chip smuggling to China via Japan, detains three suspects
Authorities seized about 50 Supermicro AI servers worth over $15 million in what appears to be Taiwan's first public crackdown on AI chip export violations.
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$215 | $5.2T | 27.2 | Unavailable | $215.9BFY ended 2026-01-25 · 10-K | +65.5%FY ended 2026-01-25 vs 2025-01-26 · 10-K | 120,067,000,000FY ended 2026-01-25, attributable to the company · 10-K | 60.4%FY ended 2026-01-25 |
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$352 | $1.7T | 44.9 | Unavailable | $63.9BFY ended 2025-11-02 · 10-K | +23.9%FY ended 2025-11-02 vs 2024-11-03 · 10-K | 23,126,000,000FY ended 2025-11-02, consolidated · 10-K | 39.9%FY ended 2025-11-02 |
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$983 | $1.1T | 13.2 | Unavailable | $133.2BFY ended 2026-09-03 · 10-K | +256.3%FY ended 2026-09-03 vs 2025-08-28 · 10-K | 84,969,000,000FY ended 2026-09-03, attributable to the company · 10-K | 74.6%FY ended 2026-09-03 |
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$578 | $944.3B | 148.3 | Unavailable | $34.6BFY ended 2025-12-27 · 10-K | +34.3%FY ended 2025-12-27 vs 2024-12-28 · 10-K | 4,335,000,000FY ended 2025-12-27, attributable to the company · 10-K | 10.7%FY ended 2025-12-27 |
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● NVDAx token┄ NVDA stock: $215.38
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| 2026-08-05 | 219.87 | 219.22 | 2026-08-05 20:00 |
| 2026-08-06 | 219.15 | 218.99 | 2026-08-06 20:00 |
| 2026-08-07 | 223.93 | 223.96 | 2026-08-07 20:00 |
| 2026-08-10 | 217.66 | 217.55 | 2026-08-10 20:00 |
| 2026-08-11 | 217.53 | 217.50 | 2026-08-11 20:00 |
| 2026-08-12 | 224.12 | 224.09 | 2026-08-12 20:00 |
| 2026-08-13 | 225.42 | 225.30 | 2026-08-13 20:00 |
| 2026-08-14 | 225.34 | 225.16 | 2026-08-14 20:00 |
| 2026-08-17 | 225.13 | 225.01 | 2026-08-17 20:00 |
| 2026-08-18 | 219.70 | 219.74 | 2026-08-18 20:00 |
| 2026-08-19 | 217.76 | 217.56 | 2026-08-19 20:00 |
| 2026-08-20 | 216.79 | 216.85 | 2026-08-20 20:00 |
| 2026-08-21 | 214.85 | 214.72 | 2026-08-21 20:00 |
| 2026-08-24 | 208.75 | 208.48 | 2026-08-24 20:00 |
| 2026-08-25 | 213.16 | 213.05 | 2026-08-25 20:00 |
| 2026-08-26 | 210.06 | 209.66 | 2026-08-26 20:00 |
| 2026-08-27 | 227.96 | 227.98 | 2026-08-27 20:00 |
| 2026-08-28 | 217.74 | 217.55 | 2026-08-28 20:00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 220.91 | 220.78 | 2026-08-31 20:00 |
| 2026-09-01 | 217.58 | 217.44 | 2026-09-01 20:00 |
| 2026-09-02 | 224.46 | 224.41 | 2026-09-02 20:00 |
| 2026-09-03 | 228.90 | 228.45 | 2026-09-03 20:00 |
| 2026-09-04 | 230.35 | 230.36 | 2026-09-04 20:00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 225.69 | 225.73 | 2026-09-08 20:00 |
| 2026-09-09 | 223.89 | 223.67 | 2026-09-09 20:00 |
| 2026-09-10 | 218.70 | 218.36 | 2026-09-10 20:00 |
| 2026-09-11 | 218.92 | 218.29 | 2026-09-11 20:00 |
| 2026-09-14 | 211.47 | 210.96 | 2026-09-14 20:00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 212.34 | 212.17 | 2026-09-15 20:00 |
| 2026-09-16 | 214.25 | 213.90 | 2026-09-16 20:00 |
| 2026-09-17 | 219.68 | 219.34 | 2026-09-17 20:00 |
| 2026-09-18 | 222.24 | 222.27 | 2026-09-18 20:00 |
| 2026-09-21 | 227.69 | 227.38 | 2026-09-21 20:00 |
| 2026-09-22 | 229.20 | 228.87 | 2026-09-22 20:00 |
| 2026-09-23 | 225.44 | 225.51 | 2026-09-23 20:00 |
| 2026-09-24 | 224.87 | 224.58 | 2026-09-24 20:00 |
| 2026-09-25 | 225.29 | 225.07 | 2026-09-25 20:00 |
| 2026-09-28 | 228.97 | 228.86 | 2026-09-28 20:00 |
| 2026-09-29 | 227.95 | 227.21 | 2026-09-29 20:00 |
| 2026-09-30 | 229.85 | 228.38 | 2026-09-30 20:00 |
| 2026-10-01 | 231.18 | 230.86 | 2026-10-01 20:00 |
| 2026-10-02 | 234.38 | 233.95 | 2026-10-02 20:00 |
| 2026-10-05 | 239.30 | 238.90 | 2026-10-05 20:00 |
| 2026-10-06 | 239.71 | 239.24 | 2026-10-06 20:00 |
| 2026-10-07 | 237.80 | 237.47 | 2026-10-07 20:00 |
| 2026-10-08 | 230.81 | 230.48 | 2026-10-08 20:00 |
| 2026-10-09 | 229.70 | 229.28 | 2026-10-09 20:00 |
| 2026-10-12 | 226.87 | 226.32 | 2026-10-12 20:00 |
| 2026-10-13 | 228.73 | 228.52 | 2026-10-13 20:00 |
| 2026-10-14 | 221.56 | 221.30 | 2026-10-14 20:00 |
| 2026-10-15 | 217.48 | 217.23 | 2026-10-15 20:00 |
| 2026-10-16 | 214.56 | 214.13 | 2026-10-16 20:00 |
| 2026-10-19 | 217.41 | 217.09 | 2026-10-19 20:00 |
| 2026-10-20 | 216.69 | 216.47 | 2026-10-20 20:00 |
| 2026-10-21 | 222.20 | 221.97 | 2026-10-21 20:00 |
| 2026-10-22 | 212.42 | 212.21 | 2026-10-22 20:00 |
| 2026-10-23 | 211.27 | 210.96 | 2026-10-23 20:00 |
| 2026-10-26 | 216.15 | 216.00 | 2026-10-26 20:00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 218.06 | 217.94 | 2026-10-27 20:00 |
| 2026-10-28 | 215.40 | 215.38 | 2026-10-28 20:00 |
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Three individuals are in custody in Taiwan after prosecutors uncovered an alleged scheme to smuggle Nvidia AI chips to China by routing them through Japan. The case, reported by Bloomberg News, represents Taiwan’s first known public enforcement action targeting the circumvention of US semiconductor export controls.
Taiwan’s Keelung District Prosecutors Office detained the suspects on May 21 on charges of forging export documents tied to shipments of Super Micro Computer servers packed with advanced Nvidia chips. At least one shipment reportedly made it to Hong Kong after transiting through Japan, with investigators suspecting it was ultimately bound for mainland China.
The scheme and what was seized
Investigators also intercepted a second planned shipment before it left Taiwan. That seizure netted roughly 50 Supermicro AI servers valued at more than $15 million.
The US has maintained export restrictions on advanced Nvidia chips since 2022, specifically to prevent China from accessing the cutting-edge silicon that underpins modern artificial intelligence development.
Why Taiwan, why now
The fact that this is Taiwan’s first publicly known crackdown on AI chip smuggling is significant. It signals that Taipei is willing to actively enforce US-aligned export controls, not just passively comply with them on paper.
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The use of forged export documents suggests a level of sophistication beyond opportunistic reselling. It involved fabricated paperwork, multi-country routing, and enterprise-grade server hardware.
What this means for investors
The crackdown could have ripple effects for Super Micro Computer as well. While there’s no indication that Supermicro itself was involved in or aware of the alleged smuggling, having its branded servers appear in an international export violation case adds to an existing narrative of risk around the company, which has already faced scrutiny over accounting and governance issues.
The $15 million seizure might sound modest relative to the multi-billion-dollar AI chip market, but the signal matters more than the dollar figure. If Taiwan is now actively prosecuting chip smuggling cases and detaining suspects, the risk calculus changes for anyone contemplating similar schemes.
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