NVIDIA CEO Says Using Smuggled AI Chips for Data Centers Is a Dead End

The logo of Nvidia Corporation is seen during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 30, 2017. Tyrone Siu/ReutersNVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang warned shareholders that attempts to build artificial intelligence data centers with smuggled chips are a “dead end,” saying the company provides no support or repairs for such products.Huang made the remarks during the shareholder Q&A segment of NVIDIA’s June 24 annual stockholder meeting webcast.