Megaspeed Faces Renewed Scrutiny Over Nvidia Chip Allegations

Megaspeed International, a Singapore cloud-computing company and major Nvidia customer, is under renewed scrutiny over allegations that it helped Chinese firms circumvent U.S. restrictions on advanced chips. The allegations remain unproven, and Nvidia’s board has begun an independent investigation into national-security concerns raised in news reports involving CEO Jensen Huang and former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang.

On November 8, Jensen Huang told employees he had been unfaithful to his wife. He did not name Alice Huang in his message, but said the board had initiated an independent investigation and that he would cooperate. Nvidia has said it has no reason to believe its secrets or U.S. national security were compromised.

The scrutiny combines questions about Megaspeed’s chip business with reports about the relationship between the Nvidia chief executive and Alice Huang. U.S. intelligence officials were reported to suspect she had been recruited to gather information for Beijing, but the allegations have not been publicly proven. There is no publicly established finding that Jensen Huang knowingly assisted Chinese intelligence or disclosed sensitive Nvidia information....