Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted nine people, including a senior Nvidia manager, for allegedly smuggling over 100 servers with advanced AI chips to China in violation of U.S. export controls.

Taiwanese authorities have brought charges against nine individuals accused of orchestrating an illegal export operation involving advanced artificial intelligence hardware destined for China. The group allegedly includes a senior manager at Nvidia's Taiwan office and employees from Supermicro's New Taipei location, according to prosecutors.

The accused are suspected of working together to export and conceal the sale of more than 100 servers equipped with Nvidia's Blackwell graphics processing units, considered among the most powerful AI chips available today. Prosecutors allege the operation circumvented U.S. export control regulations that restrict sales of advanced semiconductor technologies to China due to national security concerns, given potential military and strategic applications of such computing power.

Investigators claim the network deliberately obscured the final destination of the hardware during the smuggling process. The alleged scheme involved unauthorized transfers worth more than US$1 million, with charges including illegal exports and embezzlement. Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of up to six years against those charged.

The indictments represent the conclusion of a lengthy investigation into the trafficking network. Several suspects remain in custody without communication privileges, while one individual has not yet been apprehended.