Megaspeed faces renewed scrutiny amid Nvidia inquiry

Technology · First reported 9 Nov, 10:35 · Updated 10:58

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Jensen Huang acknowledged infidelity and said Nvidia’s board had begun an independent inquiry into national-security concerns raised in news reports. The coverage describes renewed scrutiny of Singapore-based Megaspeed, whose cloud services provide access to Nvidia computing resources, alongside allegations about possible chip diversion and Alice Huang’s reported ties.

Nvidia said it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised, but that the board inquiry would examine available information.
Megaspeed provides Asia-Pacific customers access to computing resources hosted in Southeast Asian data centres; the article says the company has faced scrutiny over whether GPUs were redirected to China.
A House committee statement described Alice Huang as a publicly reported Chinese intelligence asset, while Singapore’s government said it had not investigated her alleged intelligence ties or relationship with Jensen Huang.

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Nvidia response: The board began an independent investigation; Nvidia said it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised.
Megaspeed business: The Singapore-based company sells access to computing resources hosted in Southeast Asian data centres.
Committee request: House committee heads requested Jensen Huang attend a Nov. 18 briefing.
Company rebuttal: Megaspeed said inspections by U.S., Malaysian and Nvidia entities found no evidence of illicit chip transfers or illegal activity.