{"id":1422018,"date":"2025-12-10T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aBWBorpXMcDszubsutmGDi"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:33:13","slug":"nvidia-has-built-location-tracking-tech-that-uses-the-confidential-computing-capabilities-of-its-ai-chips-to-prevent-smuggling-according-to-a-reuters-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nvidia-has-built-location-tracking-tech-that-uses-the-confidential-computing-capabilities-of-its-ai-chips-to-prevent-smuggling-according-to-a-reuters-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia has built location tracking tech that uses the &#8216;confidential computing capabilities&#8217; of its AI chips to prevent smuggling, according to a Reuters report"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>According to a<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/nvidia-builds-location-verification-tech-that-could-help-fight-chip-smuggling-2025-12-10\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Reuters report<\/a>, Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, in an effort to prevent its AI GPUs from being smuggled into countries where their export has been banned.<\/p>\n<p>According to its sources, the feature is said to be a software option that taps into the &#8220;confidential computing capabilities&#8221; of Nvidia&#8217;s AI GPUs as part of a new service, which would utilise the delay in communicating with Nvidia servers to give a rough idea of which geographic location they were operating from.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Reuters, Nvidia said: &#8220;We&#8217;re in the process of implementing a new software service that empowers data center operators to monitor the health and inventory of their entire AI GPU fleet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This customer-installed software agent leverages GPU telemetry to monitor fleet health, integrity and inventory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The software agent will be made available for Blackwell GPUs first, as these have more security features and attestation capabilities than previous generation chips, although an Nvidia official said that the company was examining options for prior generations as well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"kdv4ZzgbGErhHcgb4GfcWJ\" name=\"NVIDIA-GB200-Grace-Blackwell-Superchip-01.jpg\" alt=\"An image of an Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell super chip against a black background\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nvidia-has-built-location-tracking-tech-that-uses-the-confidential-computing-capabilities-of-its-ai-chips-to-prevent-smuggling-according-to-a-reuters-report.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nvidia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The US DoJ recently announced the shut down of a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/the-us-gov-shut-down-a-usd160-million-smuggling-operation-trying-to-get-nvidia-h200-chips-into-china-and-also-err-says-the-gpus-wont-be-restricted-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\">$160 million smuggling operation<\/a> involving the illegal export of Nvidia H100 and H200 GPUs to China, and a Financial Times report earlier this year claimed that an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/financial-times-report-suggests-chip-smugglers-shifted-an-alleged-usd1-billion-worth-of-nvidias-ai-chips-to-china-over-the-course-of-3-months-while-stricter-us-export-controls-were-in-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\">alleged $1 billion worth of Nvidia&#8217;s AI GPUs<\/a> entered the country during an early three-month phase in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>US president Donald Trump recently announced that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115686072737425841\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia would be allowed to ship H200 products to &#8220;approved customers&#8221; in China<\/a> with an added 25% fee, although H100 GPUs and other high-end AI hardware still appear to be prohibited from export under existing restrictions. Presumably, it would be this restricted hardware that Nvidia would be keen to track, in an effort to appease <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/trump-administration-recommends-location-verification-ai-chips-2025-07-24\/\" target=\"_blank\">calls from the Trump administration and US Congress<\/a> to verify the locations of its AI-crunching products.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia was summoned by Beijing authorities earlier this year to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/financial-times-report-suggests-chip-smugglers-shifted-an-alleged-usd1-billion-worth-of-nvidias-ai-chips-to-china-over-the-course-of-3-months-while-stricter-us-export-controls-were-in-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\">confirm that its H20 chips did not have backdoors<\/a>, after the Cyberspace Administration of China raised concerns over potential security risks. At the time, Nvidia&#8217;s chief security office, David Reber Jr. also stated in a blog post titled &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/no-backdoors-no-kill-switches-no-spyware\/\" target=\"_blank\">No Backdoors. No Kill Switches. No Spyware<\/a>&#8221; that &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-good-secret-backdoor-says-nvidia-reiterating-that-there-are-no-kill-switches-spyware-or-secret-ways-to-access-its-gpus\/\" target=\"_blank\">There is no such thing as a &#8216;good&#8217; secret backdoor<\/a>\u2014only dangerous vulnerabilities that need to be eliminated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"tCAFND4AA2pfArrBZofWeW\" name=\"blackwell-b100.jpg\" alt=\"Images of Nvidia's Blackwell GPU from GTC.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nvidia-has-built-location-tracking-tech-that-uses-the-confidential-computing-capabilities-of-its-ai-chips-to-prevent-smuggling-according-to-a-reuters-report-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Nvidia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether this location tracking capability would technically count as a backdoor is up for debate, if these sources prove to be correct. Certainly, the tracking described here seems somewhat vague, as it seems unlikely that a lag timer would be able to pinpoint a GPUs location down beyond the country it&#8217;s located in.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably, any piece of hardware that communicates outwards with a server could potentially be tracked in similar fashion\u2014although it does suggest that Nvidia&#8217;s chips may be capable of reporting back to the US-based company in a way that the Chinese government may be less than pleased with. Make of that, as they say, as you will.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/graphics-cards\/nvidia-has-built-location-tracking-tech-that-uses-the-confidential-computing-capabilities-of-its-ai-chips-to-prevent-smuggling-according-to-a-reuters-report\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Reuters report, Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, in an effort to prevent its AI GPUs from being smuggled into countries where their export has been banned. According to its sources, the feature is said to be a software option that taps into the &#8220;confidential computing capabilities&#8221; of Nvidia&#8217;s AI GPUs as part of a new service, which would utilise the delay in communicating with Nvidia servers to give a rough idea of which geographic location they were operating from. In a statement to Reuters, Nvidia said: &#8220;We&#8217;re in the process of implementing a new software service that empowers data center operators to monitor the health and inventory of their entire AI&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nvidia-has-built-location-tracking-tech-that-uses-the-confidential-computing-capabilities-of-its-ai-chips-to-prevent-smuggling-according-to-a-reuters-report\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1422019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[791,66],"class_list":["post-1422018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-graphics-cards","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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