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Super Micro Computer

said Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, a co-founder, has resigned from the server maker’s board after he was indicted in the U.S. on allegations of smuggling equipment containing Nvidia

artificial intelligence chips into China.

A federal court unsealed the indictment on Thursday. While the company wasn’t specified, Liaw, Super Micro’s senior vice president of business development, was named, alongside sales manager Ruei-Tsan “Steven” Chang and contractor Ting-Wei “Willy” Sun. Super Micro said it had placed Liaw and Chang on administrative leave and stopped working with Sun.