Zafrul Aziz, the Minister of Investment, Commerce, and Industry of Malaysia, has stated that the United States government has requested Malaysia to ensure that the imported graphic chips are being used locally instead of being forwarded to China.
The Southeast Asian region is under scrutiny by the United States due to the significant amount of graphic chip orders, with Singapore accounting for 22% of global orders. NVIDIA has clarified that the chips might have been sent to other countries, and Singapore has recently intercepted incorrect product exports.
Aziz suggests that the US government suspects the chips sent to Malaysia are being forwarded to China. However, the problematic chips were reported to be sent to Malaysia but not received by local data centers. The major issue lies in the US government’s pressure on private companies to self-regulate whether products forwarded to final destinations should be prohibited, a difficult task for these companies to handle independently.
Source: Financial Times
TLDR: Zafrul Aziz states that the US government has raised concerns about graphic chips being sent to Malaysia and potentially forwarded to China, highlighting challenges in regulating product distribution by private companies.
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