Supermicro faces new US probe over Nvidia chip smuggling to China

U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether Alice Huang and entities linked to her helped smuggle Super Micro Computer hardware containing Nvidia GPUs into China, adding to multiple probes into Nvidia following Jensen Huang's resignation Wednesday. Neither Nvidia, Supermicro, nor Jensen Huang have been formally charged. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan is examining alleged efforts to move Supermicro servers with Nvidia chips to China, Bloomberg reported. Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said Supermicro offered only "limited cooperation" in its investigations into Megaspeed and Alice Huang, and has repeatedly requested assistance from the Department of Justice and FBI. Supermicro stock fell 12% Thursday. Supermicro has a documented history of compliance failures, including a 2006 guilty plea for exporting equipment to Iran. Co-founder Wally Liaw faces charges for allegedly routing $2.5 billion in servers to China; he has pleaded not guilty. The company's relationship with Nvidia has remained steadfast despite these issues, but it now loses a key champion in Jensen Huang.