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The Nvidia chip scandal is sending shockwaves through Washington. Following allegations linking now-former CEO Jensen Huang to a suspected Chinese spy, Congress is moving to tighten export controls on artificial intelligence chips. Both parties are demanding Huang and other Nvidia executives testify, and new legislation is already taking shape on Capitol Hill.
That story connects directly to another development out of chip maker Megaspeed, which is denying any wrongdoing after accusations it smuggled Nvidia's AI hardware into China. The company confirmed that executive Alice Huang departed in two thousand twenty five, but insists it operated within the law. Investigators and lawmakers are watching closely.
And if you want that same class of AI hardware for yourself, HP has a new workstation that will make your wallet wince. The ZGX Fury packs in seven hundred forty eight gigabytes of memory alongside Nvidia's GB three hundred processor, squeezing data center scale computing into something that fits in an office. The catch, prices start at one hundred thirty two thousand dollars, roughly the cost of a Ferrari.
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