Nvidia B300 Chips Reportedly Surface on China Telecom-Linked Network, Raising Export-Control Questions

Nvidia B300 chips reportedly surface on China Telecom-linked network, raising export-control questions

Israeli security firm Lava identified 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs through monitoring endpoints linked to China Telecom, a state-owned carrier. The chips are barred from sale to China under US export controls. The finding adds to questions about whether the restrictions can keep advanced AI processors out of the country, but the network data does not establish where the GPUs are physically located.

Illegal Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs found inside state-owned China Telecom's network — Nvidia says chip smuggling 'a drop in the bucket,' insists smuggling remains a nonfactor

A security firm has been able to identify 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 AI chips running inside a China Telecom network, but it's unclear where the export-barred components are physically located.

Illegal Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 GPUs found inside state-owned China Telecom's network

Lava, an Israeli security firm, says that it has been able to identify 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 chips within the network of China Telecom, a state-owned company that provides telecommunications services within the country. These same chips have already been barred from export by U.S. export controls, a report by The Information notes, which begs the question of how they have turned up in a Chinese data center. Such chips can only be sold t…

32 NVIDIA B300 GPUs Identified Through China-Geolocated IPs

The endpoints exposed GPU models and device identifiers, but geolocation does not establish where the hardware is or whether export controls were breached.