Taiwan to curb AI chip sales to China for more U.S. alignment- Bloomberg Ambar Warrick Fri, October 16, 2026 at 2:35 AM EDT 1 min read NVDA SMCI Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Investing.com-- Taiwan is considering much stricter export controls on artificial intelligence chip sales to China as part of a greater alignment with the U.S., Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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The considerations– which are part of an effort to address chip smuggling risks– are aimed at giving authorities more legal tools to address diversion of advanced hardware, chiefly AI servers with Nvidia chips, from Taiwan, to China, the Bloomberg report said.
Such a measure risks drawing more ire from Beijing, which has already balked at strict U.S. restrictions on AI chip exports to China– first imposed in 2022.
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But Nvidia's advanced AI chips were still seen making their way into China, through reported smuggling through Southeast Asia.
Employees of server maker Super Micro Computer were implicated in a major Department of Justice investigation this year for allegedly smuggling at least $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips into China. The plot also implicated Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw, who was arrested by the DOJ.
Nvidia employees in Taiwan were also implicated in a smuggling ring.
Taiwan to curb AI chip sales to China for more U.S. alignment- Bloomberg
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