China-linked network allegedly moved 240,000 Nvidia chips into China
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Business Day Nigeria
A China-linked business network allegedly obtained and transferred about 240,000 Nvidia chips subject to US restrictions, including H100s, H200s and A100s. Some allegedly reached Alibaba, Tencent and Chinese laboratories, according to an investigation published by The Information.
A China-linked business network allegedly moved about 240,000 Nvidia artificial intelligence chips subject to US restrictions into China, according to a report by The Information cited by Business Day Nigeria. The processors concerned reportedly include H100s, H200s and some A100s, some of which allegedly subsequently reached Chinese technology groups Alibaba and Tencent as well as smaller artificial intelligence laboratories.
The operation was allegedly facilitated by Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, a Chinese businesswoman accused by her detractors of having links to Beijing’s intelligence network. She allegedly set up a network of companies in China and Singapore with her husband and sister to acquire Nvidia processors, and later became the controlling shareholder of Megaspeed International, a Singaporean cloud computing company linked to Chinese firm Century Litong.
The Financial Times also reported that several US agencies had requested Megaspeed’s inclusion on the Entity List, the US trade list targeting organisations considered to pose national security risks. The US Commerce Department delayed some listing procedures to obtain more information.
