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Super Micro case ‘fixer’ pleads guilty to sending AI servers to China

A former contractor charged alongside Super Micro Computer’s co-founder has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle AI servers to China, Bob Van Voris reported for Bloomberg.

Ting-Wei ‘Willy’ Sun entered his plea in a Manhattan federal court on Thursday, as part of a deal with prosecutors. US authorities have described him as a ‘fixer’.

A $2.5bn scheme

Prosecutors say Sun and others sent servers powered by Nvidia chips to a Southeast Asian company, then diverted them to customers in China. The servers held chips that US export rules bar from sale to China.

In March, prosecutors charged Sun and two others with conspiring to divert about $2.5bn of US AI technology, Reuters reported. Sun pleaded guilty to four counts, including conspiracy to break export controls.

The indictment says the group tried to fool auditors. They allegedly falsified records and set up ‘dummy’ servers, using a hair dryer to attach serial...

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Dell Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and Pro Rugged 14 Launched in India

Dell has introduced two tough laptops in India, the Pro Rugged 13 Extreme and the Pro Rugged 14. Both run on Intel Core Ultra 7 series processors with an NPU rated at up to 50 TOPS, and both come with protective bumpers. The 13 Extreme is fully rugged with an

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