Restricted advanced processors reached China as registry documents tied the hardware to a firm founded years prior by a woman linked to Nvidia’s chief executive, Bloomberg reported.
Investigators traced servers equipped with restricted hardware to a facility in Shanghai.
That hardware included units manufactured by Dell, Super Micro Computer, and Gigabyte.
Jensen Huang rezignoval poté, co představenstvo Nvidie zahájilo nezávislé vyšetřování, podle Bloombergu.
“The Great Jensen Huang, of Nvidia” Trump once called him, according to Bloomberg.
Customs filings and registry records show that the Shanghai Longteng Intelligent Computing facility held 22 Dell servers containing H800 chips. The United States restricted exports of those processors to China in 2023.
Bloomberg verified manufacturing numbers indicating the hardware was originally sold to Aperia Cloud Services in Singapore.
In January 2025, the facility used 193 servers valued at 485 million yuan as collateral for financing. That collateral pool also contained 52 servers from Super Micro Computer featuring H100 or H200 processors, alongside 119 servers from Gigabyte.
Shanghai Longteng was founded years ago by a businesswoman whom Bloomberg identified through registry records. Her ownership stake was later transferred to Huang Yu, her sister, who held shares until January 2026.
The same founder established Megaspeed International in Singapore during 2023. American authorities are investigating Megaspeed over suspicions of smuggling advanced chips into China.
Dell said that it ended sales and support for Aperia following suspicions of unauthorized diversions.
Nvidia’s board retained the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to examine the circumstances.
Colette Kressová took over as interim chief executive officer immediately following the resignation.
