China is doubting the potential safety risks of NVIDIA H20 chips. NVIDIA's China official website has re-developed the chips today that there is no backdoor, end-of-switching and monitoring software. "These are never ways to build trusted systems, and they will never be."
NVIDIA (NVIDIA) China official website published an article today saying that NVIDIA GPU does not exist and should not be set. The end switch and built-in back door will cause single-point failures and violate the basic principles of network security.
The article mentioned that NVIDIA has started designing processors more than 30 years ago, and experience telling them that embedding backdoors and end-opening connections into chips may provide a way for both the enemy and the enemy to fight, and will destroy the global digital infrastructure and industry trust in leading technologies.
The article also mentioned the Clipper chip incident that occurred in the 1990s. The plan was launched in 1993 to provide powerful encryption capabilities, while allowing government backdoor access through a key hosting system. The built-in backdoor of the Clipper chip was proven to be a wrong approach, and security researchers discovered fundamental flaws in the system that could lead to malicious tampering with the software and causing centralized vulnerabilities that can be exploited by opponents. The existence of the backdoor of the government itself can harm users' confidence in the security of the system.
The article mentioned that NVIDIA always supports open and transparent software, helping customers make full use of their GPU drive systems when users know and obtain their consent.
The article claims that hard-planting "end switch" in the chip is a permanent defect that cannot be controlled by users and may cause serious consequences. Just like when buying a car, the dealer sets a remote control to control the user's car behavior. This is not a reasonable policy, but an overly reflexive response that will cause irreparable harm to the U.S. and global economic and national security interests.
The article emphasizes that over the past decade, policy makers have been supporting the industry in their efforts to create safe and reliable hardware. The government also has many tools and methods to protect countries, consumers and economic development, but intentionally weakening key infrastructure should never be one of them.
NVIDIA has always been the focus of US-China relations. After the U.S. released the H20 chip in July this year, the Chinese government questioned that the H20 chip had safety risks and discussed NVIDIA. NVIDIA has previously issued a statement that online safety is of great importance to NVIDIA. NVIDIA chips do not have a "back door" that allows anyone to access or control remotely.
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