These smuggling operations often follow a common pattern. Chips are first imported to a company located in a country where they're legal. Once beyond the reach of US authorities, the books are cooked and the semiconductors are then smuggled into China, Russia, or another country of concern.
In another example, reported by The Wall Street Journal, autonomous trucking outfit TuSimple allegedly tried to ship Nvidia A100 GPUs to Australia and then on to China.
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