US probes Nvidia partner Megaspeed over alleged chip smuggling to China
The Reuters segment reviews what is publicly known about Alice Huang (also known as Huang Le), a Chinese businesswoman photographed with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at industry events in Taiwan and Shanghai. It reports that the Financial Times described a romantic relationship between them and that the New York Times cited US intelligence concluding she was a Chinese intelligence asset using that relationship to gather information. Huang's background includes four years as a state media journalist in China, followed by roles in Shanghai investment management and as managing director of Singapore-based Megaspeed (also referred to as Megape or Mega Speed), an official Nvidia cloud partner. The broadcast notes that Megaspeed has purchased large volumes of advanced Nvidia chips and that the US government has been investigating the firm since last year on suspicion of diverting restricted semiconductors to China via smuggling. It stresses that the investigation has not reached a conclusion, that Megaspeed has not been formally charged, and that Huang's exact ongoing connection to the company is unclear. Sourcing relies on the NYT and FT reports plus public photos and corporate details; no named US officials or company spokespeople appear.
Source: Reuters
