How the PLA Has Tried to Get Around Chip Export Controls
Procurement tenders shows how military agencies attempted to purchase Nvidia hardware through a network of commercial partners.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote during GTC Taipei, 2024. Credit: NVIDIA
For years, the United States has tried to stop China from getting its most advanced chips out of concern the technology could bolster the People’s Liberation Army’s capabilities. But the web of export controls it has imposed has not stopped the Chinese military from trying to get Nvidia’s products.
Between 2019 and 2025, the PLA sought advanced AI chips and computing equipment through a network of institutions and commercial firms, according to a recent WireScreen report that
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