Nvidia Says No to Chip 'Backdoors' as China and U.S. Watch
Nvidia is in a tough spot because the U.S. Congress wants to put tracking stuff in high-tech chips. The Cyberspace group from China got worried and last week asked the chip maker to talk about risks to the country's safety with its H20 chips.
Nvidia's Loud No to Chip Control
Nvidia said no to both sides with a blog post called “No Backdoors, No Kill Switches, No Spyware.” The firm said adding such things would make bad weak spots and be a “gift to hackers and bad folks.”
Nvidia first told the Chinese group no in a plain way, with a person saying, “There are no 'backdoors' in our chips to let anyone get in or control them.” The blog post said more on this.
Main Points Against Built-in Chip Backdoors
Nvidia gave good reasons why it's a bad idea. It's like “buying a car but the seller keeps a remote for the brake,” they said. They think it would hurt U.S. money and safety.
The company talked about the old “Clipper Chip” plan from the 1990s as a big warning. It showed that having hardware backdoors leads to big weak spots and makes users not trust their tech.
Nvidia also said smartphone things like “remote wipe” are not the same. Those are choices users can control, not like the forced flaws the new rules would bring.
Strong Words on Keeping Products Safe
The firm ended by saying making key pieces weaker should never be done by the government. They said again very strongly:
“Our chips have no back doors. No kill switches. No spyware.”
