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Trump Asked to Preserve Nvidia Documents by Senators

The Trump administration was asked on Thursday by Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Chris Coons of Delaware to preserve all records regarding the export of Nvidia Corp.’s advanced semiconductors to China or to “entities that may divert such chips.” The request comes as Nvidia’s board is meeting to discuss the fate of Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang following reports he had multiple extramarital affairs. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

Barclays' Lafargue: Semiconductor Outlook Holds Despite Nvidia Risks

Barlcays Private Bank's Chief Market Strategist Julien Lafargue joins Bloomberg's Anna Edwards and Tom Mackenzie on The Opening Trade as Nvidia's leadership uncertainty roils markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

China warns US not to use Nvidia scandal as pretext for tech curbs

Beijing accuses US of fabricating ‘espionage narratives’ as chip company’s board considers future of chief executive Jensen Huang

Who could replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia's chief executive?

As uncertainty swirls over the boss of the AI chip giant, some names have emerged as potential successors.

Nvidia's Board Weighs Huang's Future After Affairs (Video)

Nvidia's Board Weighs Huang's Future After Affairs

Nvidia's board is working with an outside firm to identify potential replacements for Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang following reports of multiple extramarital affairs, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bloomberg Opinion's Parmy Olson breaks down the situation. Her views are her own. (Source: Bloomberg)

Alice Huang Resurfaces in Beijing Amid Nvidia Scandal

Alice Huang, the woman at the center of the scandal engulfing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, has returned to China and is in Beijing, according to Bloomberg’s exclusive reporting. The chipmaker is investigating spying allegations denied by Beijing. (Source: Bloomberg)

Who could potentially replace Jensen Huang if Nvidia ousts him?

Chip giant Nvidia's board was reportedly meeting Wednesday to discuss the future of co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang after he dated an accused Chinese spy, according to U.S. media.

Nvidia Board Weighs Huang’s Future as Congress Prepares Subpoena

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IP Integration Challenges Evolve

Integration challenges are growing more complex, but the problem is well understood and solutions are emerging. The post IP Integration Challenges Evolve appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Introduction To FP8 Formats: Part 1

The rationale behind 8-bit floating-point data formats, their ecosystem momentum, and hardware support. The post Introduction To FP8 Formats: Part 1 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Who could run Nvidia after Jensen Huang?

Chip giant co-founder’s future as chief executive is uncertain following report of a second affair

The Nvidia Board Members Who Will Decide Jensen Huang’s Fate

Nvidia Corp.’s board of directors is meeting to discuss the fate of Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang following reports he had multiple extramarital affairs, including one with a woman suspected of spying for China.

Elon Musk Says It Would Be an Honor to Hire Nvidia’s Huang

Elon Musk said it would be an honor to hire Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, who is at risk of being ousted following reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including with a woman reportedly suspected of spying for China.

What we know as pressure builds on embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

The billionaire tech executive's future is in question after reports of a second extramarital affair.

Who could replace Jensen Huang? A highly unscientific list of possible successors

Nvidia has no succession plan and a CEO in hot water, so we’ve drafted a shortlist.

Commerce Department Finalizing Long-Awaited AI Remote Access Rule

The Commerce Department is finalizing a long-awaited rule that will prevent Chinese AI firms from remotely accessing advanced AI chips through data centers in other countries, according to two people familiar with the process. The move could help the department push back on criticism that it has acted too slowly to create policies to limit China’s access to advanced AI technologies—rules that have been opposed by influential companies such as Nvidia. The rule, which could be announced as soon as this month, will expand existing semiconductor-related controls from the department’s Bureau of Industry and Security and extend them to seven additional countries, including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, in an effort to prevent remote access and chip smuggling into China, the people said. Commerce is currently consulting with other government agencies on the rule before it can be finalized, they added.

Alleged Chinese Spy at Heart of Nvidia Scandal Is in Beijing

The suspected Chinese spy at the center of a scandal that threatens to take down Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang has returned to her home country, people familiar with the matter said.

Nvidia board to decide Jensen Huang’s fate

Revelation of affair with subordinate piles pressure on CEO days after news of relationship with alleged Chinese spy

Nvidia Working With Outside Firm to Identify CEO Candidates

Nvidia Corp.’s board has been working with an outside firm to identify potential replacements for Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang following reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including one with a woman who is reportedly suspected of spying for China, a person familiar with the situation said.

Jensen Huang accused of having another affair — with an Nvidia exec

Jensen Huang, who has come under fire for admitting to an affair with a woman accused of being a Chinese intelligence agent, has been accused of having a separate affair with an Nvidia subordinate.

CEO Jensen Huang's job is suddenly on the line at Nvidia

The FBI is investigating as Nvidia’s board holds urgent talks over Huang’s future.

Nvidia Board Reportedly Preparing To Oust Nvidia CEO Following Alleged Affairs

Nvidia’s board is preparing to oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, several news outlets reported, citing Trump administration officials. The board has been investigating Huang’s romantic relationship with a woman whose Chinese firm obtained banned Nvidia chips, and which the U.S. suspected was ...

Nvidia is reportedly preparing to fire Jensen Huang

Nvidia's board is preparing to dismiss CEO Jensen Huang following a report from The New York Times about a second alleged extramarital affair, just days after he admitted to a separate affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy, The Wall Street Journal reports. The second alleged affair was with an executive who [...]

Jensen Huang now accused of affair with Nvidia executive who reported to him, alleged cover-up attempt

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reportedly had an extramarital affair with a direct report, following a separate affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy.

AMD’s Venice-X maxes out family at 5.3 GHz, returning 3D V-Cache to data center after four years

AMD's Venice-X CPUs launch in the second half of 2027, bringing 3D V-Cache back to the data center after four years on the sidelines.

Organic semiconductor sheet enables light-driven water splitting without external voltage

EPFL researchers have shown that a single organic semiconductor layer can drive either hydrogen or oxygen evolution, depending only on the molecular layer beneath it. Using this effect, they built the first organic semiconductor-based photocatalyst sheet that splits water using simulated sunlight with no applied bias.

With $720M round, Britain's Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips

Fractile has now become one of the top-funded players in the race for purpose-built AI chips.

Congress to call Jensen Huang in to answer for alleged Chinese spy affair

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has until the end of the day Wednesday to answer a call from House Republicans for a closed-door briefing on his affair with alleged Chinese spy.

AI Inference Startups Are Quietly Buying Their Own Chips

The fast-growing crop of startups that lease computing capacity from cloud firms and then resell it, without spending a nickel on their own AI chips, are at a crossroads. Finding it harder to line up enough computing capacity to serve their customers, some are starting to buy their own chips, which is likely to drastically change the economics of their business. The difficulty in getting enough compute also has pushed some of these startups to look for computational resources from dozens of smaller neoclouds, which tend to have more available capacity than larger hyperscalers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform. News this week of a hack of Fireworks, one of the best known of these startups, highlights the risk of that approach.

Is Jensen Huang’s bad behavior more commonplace than it seems?

“There are a lot of senior people in the industry that know this is happening, and are effectively condoning it,” an investment intel consultant said.

SpaceX develops its own ‘Kessel’ rack-scale system featuring 72 Nvidia Rubin GPUs for data centers in space, report claims

SpaceX is reportedly developing a 'Kessel' rack-scale system design with 72 Nvidia Rubin GPUs that relies on a massive 84-layer PCB midplane.

Nvidia hires major US law firm to investigate alleged Chinese spy affair

The appointment was made after it emerged Jensen Huang had an affair with a woman believed to be a spy for China.

Nvidia Board Hires Wachtell for Independent Investigation of CEO Relationship

The Nvidia board on Tuesday announced that it had hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct its independent investigation into the conduct of CEO Jensen Huang. The board first announced on Sunday that it would be initiating an investigation after reporting that Huang had ...

Faisal Islam: What the boss of US tech giant Nvidia told me about China and national security

Huang, who is now being investigated over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy, is far more important to the future of the world order than other tech bosses.

Trump says FBI investigating Nvidia boss's affair with alleged Chinese spy

The US president said he spoke with Jensen Huang on Monday and asked him about the affair with the alleged spy.

NVIDIA Announces New Planned Investments in Korean Startups at the MSIT-NVIDIA AI Startup Partnership Forum

Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and NVIDIA hosted the MSIT-NVIDIA AI Startup Partnership Forum at COEX. Representatives from the Ministry of Science and ICT and NVIDIA met with over 20 Korean startups across foundation models, physical AI, AI infrastructure and AI semiconductors. NVIDIA also announced an investment in Korean startup Point2, with additional investments [...]

From Chips to Skills, NVIDIA and Korea Expand Sovereign AI Collaboration

NVIDIA and Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) are expanding their collaboration across the country’s sovereign AI ecosystem, from AI semiconductors and data center infrastructure to talent, startups, models, agents and security. The collaboration lays the groundwork for Korean NPU and XPU companies to explore participation in the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion ecosystem, and includes [...]

NVIDIA Dynamo Recipes Bring Korea’s Leading Open Models to Production

NVIDIA is releasing Dynamo-optimized deployment recipes for Korea’s leading open models: A.X K2 from SK Telecom, K-EXAONE 2.0 from LG AI Research, Solar Open 2 from Upstage and Motif-3 from Motif Technologies. As models grow beyond the capacity of a single GPU, they must be split across multiple GPUs, requiring careful coordination of request routing [...]