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Megaspeed says it will cooperate with US authorities investigating potential national-security risks linked to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with a former Megaspeed executive. The company says it has hired a US law firm to conduct a census of its computer chips and verify its export controls.

The Associated Press, in a report carried by ITV News, says Nvidia’s board was also reportedly meeting to discuss Huang’s future, with no outcome reported at the time. Nvidia has said it has no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised. These are reported developments and claims, not evidence that wrongdoing or a security breach has been established. The chip census is the concrete step to watch: can Megaspeed account for its hardware and show how it handles export controls? Should the board’s leadership discussion be treated as a separate matter until investigators establish whether there was any security risk?

Discuss: Should Nvidia’s board wait for investigators to establish whether any security risk existed before making a leadership decision, or is the reported situation enough to act now?

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