FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — In support of an August 4, 2024 New York Times (NYT) article, C4ADS identified 12 state-affiliated entities in China purchasing restricted Nvidia chips after the US Department of Commerce imposed export controls in October 2022. The Nvidia chips identified by the NYT and C4ADS, also known as graphics processing units (GPUs), are well-known for their efficiency in training artificial intelligence (AI) models. C4ADS reviewed over 100,000 publicly available procurement documents to identify the restricted chips and servers that would contain them. C4ADS found a number of entities in those procurement documents that also appear on the Entity List for their support of China's military modernization. Other buyers were large state-affiliated universities or research labs. As part of this investigation, C4ADS also identified companies likely to be involved in trade and supply chain networks for powerful AI chips and servers.