Nvidia created a tool that allows you to identify the country where your graphics processing units (GPU) are operating, in an attempt to prevent smuggling to export-prohibited destinations.
The technology will initially be available for Blackwell chips.
The information was provided by Reuters and confirmed by Nvidia itself, which says it is “in the process of implementing” a new software service aimed at data center operators.
The company explains that the solution allows you to “monitor the health and inventory of your entire fleet” of GPUs and that it “uses GPU telemetry to monitor the health, health and inventory of the fleet”.
Sources mentioned by the news agency indicate that the functionality appears as an installable option for customers and, for now, includes Blackwell processors, Nvidia’s most advanced. The company is, however, evaluating the possibility of extending the technology to previous generations of chips.
The initiative comes in a context of political concern in the United States about the diversion of sensitive technology to countries subject to restrictions.
Reuters notes that an eventual public launch of the tool could reassure North American regulators, but also cause friction with Chinese authorities, who in the past have questioned Nvidia about potential “backdoors” in its products.
However, US President Donald Trump recently authorized the export of H200 chips to China, imposing, however, a 25% tax on these sales — the H200 are technologically less advanced than the Blackwell.