‘How can we trust you?': China's state media calls on Nvidia to prove safety of H20 chip
'Guarding network security is as important as protecting national territory,' the article said, adding that China should never use 'sick chips'.
The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party , cited examples of how cyberattacks and satellite network glitches have weighed down public services in
Russia , including disruption of services at airlines and pharmacies.
'Nvidia
does not have 'back doors' in our chips that would give anyone a remote way to access or control them,' an Nvidia representative wrote in an email to the South China Morning Post on Thursday night.
Chinese state media's attention showed a pressure-cooker-like situation for Nvidia amid its efforts to remain a major supplier of
AI chips to China, while abiding by the trade
restrictions imposed by the US government on the mainland.
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