Nvidia's Huang reportedly says dealings with firm in US spy probe were 'normal'
NVDA•Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly called the company's dealings with Singapore-based Megaspeed International “normal and not unusual.” He said Nvidia had reviewed the company's GPU deployments and checked that chips were not illegally diverted to China.
1. Huang defends relationship
Jensen Huang defended Nvidia's business with Singapore-based Megaspeed International, calling the relationship with its officials proper and “normal and not unusual.” He said Nvidia had studied the company's GPU deployments and counted every GPU, and had checked that Megaspeed did not illegally divert chips to China.
2. Investigation follows report
The comments followed a report that US authorities were investigating a former Megaspeed executive for allegedly providing information to the Chinese government and helping evade US chip export curbs. Huang said his interactions with the executive were typical of those with Chinese customers and executives, and that the person no longer worked at Megaspeed.
