Nvidia’s Huang says dealings with firm in US spy probe were ’normal’, Bloomberg News reports

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang defended the company’s business with Singapore-based Megaspeed International, calling it "normal and not unusual," Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Huang’s comments followed a New York Times report that said a former Megaspeed executive was under US investigation for allegedly spying on behalf of China. Here are some details:

• Huang said Nvidia’s relationship with Megaspeed officials was proper and the company had checked that Megaspeed did not illegally divert Nvidia AI chips to China, Bloomberg News reported

• "We’ve studied all their deployments of our GPUs and counted every one," Huang said in an interview with Bloomberg

• The remarks followed a New York Times report that US authorities were investigating a former Megaspeed executive for allegedly providing information to the Chinese government and helping evade US chip export curbs

• Huang said his interactions with the executive were typical of those with Chinese customers and executives and that the person was no longer with Megaspeed, according to the report

• Nvidia has argued that smuggling of its advanced AI chips into China is not a significant issue despite US export restrictions, the report said