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Nvidia Said Chip Tracking Was Feasible in Private, Lawmaker Says, While Industry Group Disputed It
Rep. Bill Foster told MIT Technology Review that Nvidia privately said the anti-smuggling measures in the Chip Security Act could technically be done, even as an industry group called them possibly unworkable.
Nvidia representatives have told Illinois Representative Bill Foster that the anti-smuggling steps spelled out in the Chip Security Act would be technically achievable, Foster said in an interview with MIT Technology Review published Thursday. His account contrasts with the public stance of an industry group, which described those same measures as possibly impossible to carry out.
Foster, a Democrat, sits on a committee relevant to the legislation. According to his remarks to MIT Technology Review, the company's private assessment was that the tracking capabilities the bill envisions could be built.
The lawmaker's comments came in an interview conducted Thursday. He described what Nvidia told him about whether the requirements could be implemented in practice.
At the same time, the industry group's public position questioned whether such steps are feasible, putting its assessment at odds with what Foster says he heard directly from Nvidia.
The episode highlights a gap between what a chipmaker reportedly says in private conversations with lawmakers and what industry voices argue in public as policymakers weigh measures aimed at curbing smuggling.
Source: MIT Technology Review
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