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After Huang Renxun resigned as CEO of Huida, the controversy over the flow of chips into China and national security continued, prompting the US Congress to increase its pressure for stricter export controls on AI chips.
Huida FounderJen-Hsun Huang His resignation as CEO shocked global technology, financial and political circles. Huang Renxun’s resignation is expected to have an impact on the trend of the global artificial intelligence chip industry chain and strengthen the US political circles’ policy of restricting chip production.
NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang suspected of involvement in Chinadetective The US media continued to report on another extramarital affair between him and Vice President Kimberly Powell on the 11th, and the board of directors held an impromptu meeting on the same day. Before the US stock market opened on the 12th, the media reported that Huang Renxun had resigned from the CEO post, and Chief Financial Officer Colette Cress was appointed as interim CEO.
The New York Times and other US media have long reported that under the export ban, Huida Chip sold about US$4.8 billion worth of chips from 2024 to 2025 to MegaSpeed, a data center company controlled by Alice Huang, who was determined by US intelligence agencies as a Chinese spy. In addition to operations in places like Malaysia, some chips may flow to China.
Jen-Hsun Huang founded Huida in 1993 with expertise in graphics processing unit (GPU) design. Amidst the strong demand for artificial intelligence, he has become an ideal level leader driving this trend. After his resignation, incidents like the flow of Huida chips and Chinese espionage continued. Some Trump administration officials have focused on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler for not adding MegaSpeed to the list of entities prohibited from exporting chips.
Cross-party members of Congress plan to continue pushing for bills related to restricting chip exports and include them in the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (2027 NDAA) ahead of the new term in January next year.
Others, including senior Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee Kevin Cramer and Representatives Don Bacon and Suhas Subramaniam, have publicly called for Huang to resign. After Huang resigned as director, the flow of Huida chips, the Chinese espionage incident accused by intelligence agencies, and the adjustment of US chip policies still need to be clarified.
Senior Democratic US senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons sent a letter to Lutnick, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio, and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, requesting that contact information with Faida be preserved.
Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford, and Chairman of the Select Committee on China Strategic Competition John Moolenaar jointly requested that Huang go to Congress for a closed hearing on the 18th.
After Huang left office, Muellern explained in a press release that the success of Huida and other US AI companies is in the national interest, and US companies should never allow Chinese companies to obtain the most advanced chips and jeopardize national security. HUDA must now change its approach and appoint leadership that considers national security its top priority. Congress should move quickly to pass bipartisan export control legislation in the year-end defense authorization bill.
The US Congress already has the Artificial Intelligence Overwatch Act (AI Overwatch Act), the Chip Security Act (Chip Security Act), and the Hardware Technology Multilateral Coordination Control Act (MATCH Act). Three pieces of legislation that primarily restrict and regulate chip exports are in the committee process. Some members of both parties hope to pass them by the end of the year and include them in the annual National Defense Authorization Act.
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The incident has shocked global technology, finance and political circles. The outside world is expected to have an impact on the AI chip industry chain and the Huida regime, and will also strengthen the pressure from US political circles to restrict chip production.
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Reports show that despite the export ban, Huida chips are still suspected to flow into China through data center companies such as MegaSpeed, and related companies are linked to Chinese spies investigated by US intelligence agencies.
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Cross-party lawmakers plan to promote relevant bills before the new term and try to get them included in the 2027 NDAA; The AI Overwatch Act, Chip Security Act, and MATCH Act are also under ongoing review.
