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Nvidia is reportedly testing a new software that can track the location of its AI chips to address concerns about chip smuggling into countries like China. This location verification technology utilizes Nvidia’s confidential computing capabilities to determine the country where a chip is located, based on computing performance and communication delays with Nvidia servers. The software is optional for customers and will initially be available for Blackwell chips. This development comes amid reports that China’s DeepSeek AI models have been trained on smuggled Nvidia Blackwell chips, although Nvidia denies having evidence of such smuggling. The company is also preparing to sell its older H200 AI chips to approved customers in China, following U.S. government approval.