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Malaysia probes whether Megaspeed unit re-exported AI chips
Malaysia's trade ministry said Friday it is working with customs to check whether chips brought in by SpeedMatrix, a Megaspeed unit, were re-exported, according to Reuters.
- New headline Was: “Malaysia probing whether chips linked to Megaspeed unit were re-exported”
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Based on reporting by Reuters
Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry said Friday it was working with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department to determine whether any chips brought into the country by SpeedMatrix, a local unit of Singapore-based cloud firm Megaspeed, were later re-exported1.
The ministry was responding to allegations that the firm may have been used to deliver U.S.-restricted chips to China, Reuters reported, and said it has never cleared MegaSpeed International Pte Ltd or SpeedMatrix1.
MITI said it was working closely with authorities in Singapore and the United States and considering further measures to strengthen controls where necessary1.
Reuters did not report a finding of wrongdoing or a company response in the dispatch cited here1.