THE SCRUTINY ADDS TO PRESSURE ON HUANG, WHO ALREADY FACES AN NVIDIA BOARD INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER HE WAS TARGETED BY | Hanami
THE SCRUTINY ADDS TO PRESSURE ON HUANG, WHO ALREADY FACES AN NVIDIA BOARD INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER HE WAS TARGETED BY A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE EFFORT, WITH THE CONTROVERSY ALSO INVOLVING MEGASPEED INTERNATIONAL, NVIDIA’S LARGEST SOUTHEAST ASIAN CUSTOMER, WHICH HAS FACED A SEPARATE CHIP-SMUGGLING INVESTIGATION; BOTH COMPANIES DENY WRONGDOING, AND NVIDIA SHARES FELL 4.3% MONDAY TO A SEVEN-MONTH LOW
Reply to @FirstSquawk: SENATORS JIM BANKS AND ELIZABETH WARREN HAVE URGED THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO RECONSIDER NVIDIA’S EXPORT LICENSES TO CHINA AND CONDUCT A FULL NATIONAL SECURITY REVIEW, AND ARE WORKING ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD TEMPORARILY RESTRICT CHINA FROM PURCHASING NVIDIA CHIPS MORE ADVANCED THAN THE H200, SEEKING TO INCLUDE THE MEASURES IN THE ANNUAL NDAA
Reply to @FirstSquawk: BIPARTISAN LAWMAKERS ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM NVIDIA AND CEO JENSEN HUANG OVER HIS REPORTED RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMAN SUSPECTED OF BEING A CHINESE SPY, CITING POTENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS, WITH SENIOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVING DISCUSSED THE MATTER IN A CLOSED-DOOR BRIEFING WITH CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RATCLIFFE AND DNI JAY CLAYTON