NYT: Commerce Dept probe into Megaspeed chip smuggling halted after Nvidia intervened
Gregory_C_Allen · x · 2026-11-11
Per the New York Times, a months-long Commerce Department investigation into Singapore firm Megaspeed — suspected of smuggling advanced Nvidia AI chips into China, led by an executive believed to be a Chinese spy with a relationship to Jensen Huang — was abruptly transferred to the Justice Department after Nvidia's general counsel emailed Commerce investigators. Nvidia later opened an investigation into Huang; critics demand BIS Undersecretary Kessler resign or face a subpoena.
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