The American authorities use hidden tracking technology to combat the illegal export of advanced chips to China. According to sources, special devices transmit data on the movement of cargo are built into certain batches of equipment with.
This measure applies only to those supplies that are under investigation and represent a high risk of violation of export rules. The goal is to identify cases when the chips that have fallen under restrictions are sent to countries or companies that are prohibited from their delivery.
The use of trackers is not a new practice for American law enforcement agencies. Previously, such devices were used to control the export of aviation parts and other limited access. In recent years, this technology has begun to be used for semiconductors.
Sources in the supply chain of servers for AI have confirmed that they know about such methods. According to them, trackers are installed in some servers of Dell and Supermicro manufacturers, which use NVIDIA and AMD chips.
