Megaspeed at centre of probe into Nvidia chips
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL, L’essentiel and Financial Afrik
Singapore-based Megaspeed routed about $4 billion worth of restricted Nvidia chips to China before its offices disappeared and its founder Alice Huang was implicated. The case, revealed by IOL, is part of a US investigation into AI chip transfers and also involves Huang’s alleged links to Jensen Huang.
Nvidia chips subject to US restrictions were shipped to China via Megaspeed, the company founded by Alice Huang, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg. Some of the servers concerned are operating at a data centre in Shanghai after initially being sold to Aperia Cloud Services, an Nvidia partner based in Singapore.
The servers then passed through Megaspeed before being transferred to China, according to the documents. The case comes as US authorities investigate transfers of restricted artificial intelligence chips.
Jensen Huang resigned from Nvidia on Thursday following the scandal surrounding his extramarital relationships, including his alleged affair with Alice Huang. Beijing rejected espionage allegations against her and opposed new US restrictions on chip sales to China.
