Nvidia CEO's connection with an alleged Chinese spy could help China obtain 240,000 American chips worth at least $7.5 billion, the report says.
According to the publication, Alice Huang, who is suspected of espionage, together with her husband and sister created a network of companies in China and Singapore to obtain Nvidia chips. One of the main players in this network was the Chinese company Shanghai Century Litong. It received Nvidia's privileged cloud partner status, which provided priority access to its chips.
When the US imposed an export ban on these chips, Huang used her connections with the company and its distributors to renew supplies. Thus, about 240,000 H100, H200 and A100 chips arrived in China. Some have been used by Alibaba, Tencent and smaller Chinese AI labs.
Earlier, the "New York Times" reported that American intelligence suspects Huang of passing information to China. The publication also wrote about her close relationship with Jensen Huang.
Read more about one of the biggest espionage scandals in Silicon Valley in the text "Babel".