The things people will do for Nvidia’s extremely limited Blackwell chips; besides surrounding tech stores by waiting in line for hours, or behaving in ways that demonstrate why in-person lottery systems are not always the best idea, some are now turning to alleged smuggling.
Earlier this month, three men were arrested by Singaporean authorities for allegedly smuggling a number of Nvidia chips subject to US export restrictions. But this wasn’t necessarily a group of regular consumers falling afoul of the law, but allegedly part of a bigger picture operation, with transactions reportedly totalling $390 million (according to Reuters).
