Nvidia’s Powerful B300 Chips Spotted on Chinese State-Owned Network

What happened: Israeli security firm Lava said it found 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 chips through monitoring systems linked to the network of China Telecom, a state-owned telecommunications company. Key numbers: 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 chips. Why it matters: The B300 is one of Nvidia's most powerful data-center chips and is barred from being sold to China, so the discovery points to restricted hardware appearing on a state-owned network.

Nvidia's B300 chips appearing on a Chinese state-owned network signals potential export-control circumvention.

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