Getty Images The Nvidia Context Memory Storage SuperMicro air-cooled displayed on the exhibition floor at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the company is firing up manufacturing of H200 AI accelerators for customers in China, a sign of progress in the chipmaker’s effort to reenter the vital market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images On March 19, the Justice Department announced the arrest  of Supermicro co-founder Wally Liaw for his role in illegally funneling an estimated $2.5 billion worth of restricted AI servers to China . Although most coverage has fixated on the audacity of Liaw’s crimes, a more critical aspect of the scandal has drawn far less attention.…