Investigation: some Chinese firms approved by the US Commerce Department to handle Nvidia's H200 chips have empty offices and ties to firms under sanctions (New York Times)
The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia's H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.
The U.S. Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidia's H200 chips. According to the New York Times, an investigation found that some of these approved firms have empty offices and connections to companies that are under sanctions due to national security concerns.
In a separate development, Republican House representatives John Moolenaar, Brian Mast, and Rick Crawford have requested a closed-door meeting with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Tom's Hardware reports that the meeting was organized by the chairs of the House committees on China, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence following reports that raised national security concerns regarding China's access to U.S. technology and information.
The lawmakers' concerns follow a reported claim that Alice Huang, an executive at the Singaporean data center company Megaspeed, is a Chinese asset siphoning information to Beijing.
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