SINGAPORE: The ongoing chips saga involving Nvidia and Megaspeed could soon make things trickier for Singapore in the semiconductor space, observers told CNA.
Mr Matthias Hendrichs, a Singapore-based adviser to AI companies, noted that Singapore has deep ties with both the US and China, and authorities in Singapore have said companies have to manage the risk of foreign rules that apply to them.
“The tricky part is that Washington increasingly wants to know who’s using the chips, even when they’re sitting in a data centre outside China,” he said on Thursday (Nov 12).
“Singapore can keep doing business with both sides, but on this particular technology it’ll have less room to manoeuvre.”
The experts’ comments come as controversy continues to swirl around Nvidia, days after the chip giant first launched a probe into whether former chief executive Jensen Huang was targeted in a foreign intelligence operation.
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