Malaysian says its authorities are discussing the issue with the data center companies and checking if the chips have gone to the right parties.

Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz made the pledge as he gave updates on investigations into an alleged fraud case involving servers exported from Singapore that may have contained Nvidia chips.

The two men were each handed a second fraud charge, after the Commercial Affairs Department uncovered further evidence. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MALAYSIA: Malaysia denies any knowledge that data centre operators in the country are using unauthorised Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips, Trade Minist

Super Micro Computer (SMCI), and Dell (DELL) shares plunged Monday after Singapore said it’s investigating whether servers shipped to Malaysia containing chips barred from China ended up in the mainland.

Malaysia has no evidence suggesting that data center companies in the country are using unauthorized Nvidia (NVDA, Financials) artificial intelligence chips, Malaysian Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said in a CNBC interview,

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam says Singapore’s investigations were carried out independently and not requested by the US, which had placed export controls on advanced AI chips.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang photographed on 2 June 2024.

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On Monday, reports surfaced that Nvidia chips were making their way to customers in China, with the high-end tech circumventing strict US export controls.

Singapore is probing whether Dell Technologies Inc. and Super Micro Computer Inc. servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia Corp. chips barred from China, an investigation that highlights the role of middlemen in funneling high-end semiconductors.

PROSECUTORS on Mar 6 tabled new charges for two of the three men allegedly linked to computer servers exported to Malaysia that might contain Nvidia chips. Read more at The Business Times.