Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of exporting the chips from the US to China through Singapore and Malaysia.

Two Chinese nationals in California have been charged with the illegal shipment of tens of millions of dollars' worth of AI chips, including those from Nvidia.

Two Chinese nationals were charged with illegally shipping to China tens of millions of dollars’ worth of sensitive microchips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday.