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A man charged along with Super Micro Computer Inc co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw (廖益賢) of conspiring to send cutting-edge chips to China in violation of US export controls pleaded guilty, court documents said.Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun (孫廷瑋), a former outside contractor described by US authorities as a
Ting-Wei Sun pleaded guilty in a $2.5bn scheme to divert Nvidia-powered servers to China. Super Micro co-founder Wally Liaw denies the charges.
Super Micro Computer (SMCI:NASDAQ) is back in an export-control headline after Reuters reported that a contractor tied to the company pleaded guilty in a scheme to smuggle servers packed with Nvidia AI chips into China, October 9. Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun entered the plea on Thursday, October 8, in Manhattan federal court.