NYT: Commerce Dept Chip-Smuggling Probe Halted After Nvidia Intervention; Huang Under Internal Probe
asusarla · x · 2026-11-10
The New York Times reports that a months-long Commerce Department investigation into Singapore data-center firm Megaspeed — suspected of smuggling advanced Nvidia AI chips into China — was abruptly transferred to the Justice Department after Nvidia's general counsel emailed investigators about the case.
- US officials now believe Megaspeed's leader is a Chinese spy who had a personal relationship with CEO Jensen Huang
- Huang acknowledged being intimate with an executive at the company; Nvidia said Sunday it is opening an "independent investigation" into him
- Casey Newton questions the credibility of that investigation given reports Nvidia intervened to intimidate Commerce officials
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