Nvidia said to have interrupted US chip probe

 An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore-based business purchasing Nvidia Corp.'s advanced AI semiconductors, was transferred from the United States Commerce Department to the Department of Justice (DoJ) after Jensen Huang's company meddled in the case, the New York Times reported on Monday.

According to the media outlet, while it is not uncommon for companies to contact the government during probes, what made it weird was that Tim Teter, Nvidia's general counsel, sent an email saying that Jeff Kessler, a top official at the department nominated by US President Donald Trump, gave the firm permission to reach out. Some thought that the mention of Kessler broke government procedure. It remains unclear why Teter reached out and what was potentially said between him and Kessler.

Megaspeed and Nvidia have both been swept up in an espionage controversy recently, with the latter launching an independent investigation into the matter.

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