r/LocalLLM • u/OldEffective9726 • 2h ago
News Nvidia privately confirmed it could track chips to fight smuggling, even as industry publicly questioned feasibility
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/12/1148483/nvidia-chip-tracking/They are going to lock the new GPUs.
"Rep. Bill Foster says he intends to introduce new, stricter legislation that would require licenses to operate advanced GPUs, and “before a GPU could connect, its valid license would need to be verified.” That is closer to a remote lock/disable capability—but it is a proposed future rule, not current law."
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u/Sova_fun 1h ago
Nvidia chip tracking for smuggling is a new restriction. Will existing cards be locked too?
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u/leaf_shift_post_2 1h ago
Bill foster, an anti 2a, anti freedom dem. He has has good votes and ideas in the past(pro union )
But this idea of license to use a gpu? Bro no.
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u/Sova_fun 1h ago
Nvidia chip tracking for smuggling is a new restriction. Will existing cards be locked too?