A People’s Daily opinion piece urged Nvidia Corp to prove the safety of its products a day after the US semiconductor giant denied the existence of alleged back-door features in its China-tailored H20 chip.
Advertisement
The article, entitled “How can we trust you, Nvidia”, called on the US company to “comply with requests and provide convincing proof of security” to help regain the trust of its Chinese customers.
“Guarding network security is as important as protecting national territory,” the article said, adding that China should never use “sick chips”.
The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, cited examples of how cyberattacks and satellite network glitches have weighed down public services in Russia, including disruption of services at airlines and pharmacies.
“Nvidia does not have ‘back doors’ in our chips that would give anyone a remote way to access or control them,” an Nvidia representative wrote in an email to the South China Morning Post on Thursday night.
Advertisement
Chinese state media’s attention showed a pressure-cooker-like situation for Nvidia amid its efforts to remain a major supplier of AI chips to China, while abiding by the trade restrictions imposed by the US government on the mainland.