A businesswoman who had a close relationship with the Nvidia CEO was passing intelligence to Beijing. The US president was briefed and took no action.
US spy agencies had gathered striking intelligence.
A top executive at a Singapore-based data centre company was under scrutiny for possibly steering advanced Nvidia artificial intelligence chips to China. And now US officials had concluded that she was a Chinese intelligence asset, funnelling information to Beijing.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned this week after reports of multiple affairs, including one with a suspected Chinese spy, Alice Huang.
While Jensen Huang's resignation puts an end to his long reign over Nvidia, questions about America's national security and Donald Trump's knowledge of the whole saga remain.
President purchased up to $5m of stock before revoking Biden-era rule that limited Nvidia’s ability to sell to China
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday accused the Commerce Department of a delay in labeling Nvidia customer Megaspeed a possible national security threat, publicly airing an ongoing administration blame game following the ouster of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
At the end, Jensen Huang looked broken and shattered, his legendary energy depleted.
The scandal has cast a spotlight on Singapore's success as a chip hub - and a location for alleged illicit trade.
