> Have you considered how many billions of dollars of Nvidia sales were through entities diverting chips to China?
its always been well known. its that line item of suspiciously high sales to singpapore. its never been a real concern.
its always been well known. its that line item of suspiciously high sales to singpapore. its never been a real concern.
Except it has been. There are people in multiple countries, including the US, Singapore and Taiwan, facing lengthy prison sentences for this. In the US in particular, violating export controls is a game you only play if you're looking for years of free federal accommodation.
Examples:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-authorities-shut-down-majo...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/chinese-national-and-tw...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-arrested-smugg...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2d9y18g73o
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/25/taiwan-ch...
https://asiatimes.com/2026/11/taiwan-to-criminalize-nvidia-a...
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-intervention-preced...
It's very easy to report your sales to a region and to dismiss questions about whether any of those sales actually represent chips bound for a sanctioned destination when you think that the people enforcing sanctions laws are under your thumb.
The amounts of money involved here are unfathomable and Nvidia isn't just a commercial player at this point; it's a political one.
Jensen flew too close to the sun and as smart a businessman as he is, it's pretty obvious that he probably never seriously considered the possibility that he was still just a pawn in a much bigger game.