Nvidia Reiterates its Chips have No Backdoors
Nvidia released a blog post reaffirming that its chips lack backdoors or kill switches and urged US policymakers to abandon such notions, stating it would be a "gift" to hackers and adversarial entities. The blog entry, released in English and Chinese, followed a week after the Chinese government called the U.S. AI chip leader to a meeting expressing concerns over a U.S. proposal that advanced chips sold internationally should have tracking and positioning capabilities.
The White House and both chambers of Congress have suggested mandating US chip manufacturers to integrate location verification technology into their chips to stop them from being rerouted to nations where US export regulations prohibit sales. The individual bills and the White House proposal have not turned into an official regulation, and no technical standards have been set.
Inserting backdoors and kill switches into chips would provide a boon to hackers and malicious entities. Nvidia stated it would damage global digital frameworks and weaken trust in American technology. Last week, it stated that its products lack any backdoors that would enable remote access or control.
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A backdoor denotes a concealed technique for evading standard authentication or security measures.
Nvidia highlighted that "there are no 'good' secret backdoors - only hazardous vulnerabilities that must be eradicated."
Nvidia Corp. intends to restart sales of its H20 artificial intelligence accelerator to China, following assurances from Washington that these shipments would gain approval, marking a significant shift from the previous stance of the Trump administration.
US government officials have told Nvidia that they would green-light export licenses for the H20.
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That China-specific variant of Nvidia’s AI chips was created to comply with earlier trade curbs, but has since April also been blocked from sale in China.