NVIDIA tells US lawmakers chip anti-smuggling tracking is feasible

According to a report published by MIT Technology Review on November 13, 2026, U.S. Representative Bill Foster of Illinois said in an interview with the outlet on Thursday that representatives from Nvidia privately confirmed to him that it would be technically possible to implement the anti-smuggling tracking measures called for in the Chip Security Act. Foster, a Democrat, relayed this account to MIT Technology Review, noting that Nvidia's position came even as an industry group publicly argued that such measures were "potentially infeasible." The two sides thus offered diverging assessments of whether the tracking approach required under the legislation can actually be carried out in practice. No further developments have been reported, and the matter currently stands at the point where Nvidia's stated technical confidence and the industry group's skepticism remain in direct disagreement, with no resolution or additional detail available about how or when the measures might move forward.