Super Micro Co-Founder Pleads Not Guilty in China Smuggling Case

Super Micro Computer Inc. co-founder Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York to charges that he helped illegally divert billions of dollars in Nvidia Corp.-powered servers to China in a hearing in Manhattan.

Liaw was charged by federal prosecutors in a scheme to send US-assembled servers containing Nvidia’s cutting-edge chips to Chinese customers in violation of US export controls. The case represents the highest-profile crackdown on alleged smuggling of restricted AI technology to China.