(Yicai) Aug. 1 -- Nvidia's products do not have backdoors allowing remote access or control, the US chipmaker said after China's internet regulator summoned the firm over "serious security issues.”

To safeguard Chinese users’ network and data security under the country's cybersecurity, data security, and personal information protection laws, the Cyberspace Administration summoned Nvidia for talks yesterday, asking the firm to explain if its H20 artificial intelligence chips, designed specifically for the Chinese market, had backdoor security risks.

Cybersecurity is critically important to Nvidia, the California-based company said on the same day.

Nvidia received approval from the US government last month to resume selling H20 chips to clients in China. It launched them in 2023 after the government banned the firm from selling its more advanced chips to China. The government expanded the ban to more products this April, including the H20 chips, amid a trade spat between the two countries.

The CAC expressed its concerns regarding a US proposal for advanced chips sold overseas to have tracking and positioning functions. According to a Reuters report on May 5, a US congressman plans to propose a bill in the coming weeks to compulsorily have tracking systems installed on Nvidia’s chips.

On May 19, the US House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party proposed the Chip Security Act, which would direct the Commerce Department to mandate that American chipmakers embed location-checking features in export-controlled chips to prevent illicit rerouting.

Editor: Martin Kadiev