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Malaysia and Singapore probe Nvidia AI chip shipments amid compliance concerns
Authorities in Malaysia and Singapore are intensifying investigations into AI hardware shipments to check for potential circumventions of U.S. export restrictions on China.
Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry is examining whether AI processors and servers imported by Speedmatrix were re-exported to other countries. Malaysia introduced restrictions on advanced U.S.-developed AI accelerators in July 2025, requiring companies to obtain permits for transit and trans-shipment. Meanwhile, Singaporean authorities have brought criminal charges against an executive over questionable purchases of servers that may contain Nvidia accelerators. Megaspeed stated it hired a U.S. law firm to conduct an inventory and assess its compliance with U.S. export-control regulations.
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