Multiple investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice threaten to sweep away Nvidia, according to two administration officials, as the fallout from the resignation of former CEO Jensen Huang continues to be felt across Washington.
One of those investigations, for antitrust reasons, is focused specifically on the chipmaker, these people say, while two other investigations focus on technology companies Megaspeed and Supermicro. The Megaspeed and Supermicro investigations focused on the involvement of Alice Huang, an alleged Chinese spy with whom Huang admitted to having an extramarital affair before resigning. There is no indication that the DOJ would seek to criminally charge Nvidia or Huang at this time.
A Supermicro spokesperson told Semafor that “Megaspeed is not and has never been a customer of Supermicro” and that Supermicro “has fully cooperated with U.S. and Taiwanese officials, while voluntarily providing information and responding to all requests from Singapore authorities to date.”
“Supermicro maintains a robust compliance program and continues to work closely with authorities and industry partners to combat diversion and help protect American innovation,” the spokesperson said.
Spokespeople for Nvidia and the DOJ had no comment to Semafor. Megaspeed did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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