Jensen Huang and Alice Ma [Reuters/Yonhap]
Jensen Huang and Alice Ma [Reuters/Yonhap]

Supermicro has denied any connection to Alice Ma, also known by her Chinese name Huang Le, who faces allegations of spying for China.

The server maker said in a statement Friday (local time) that "Megaspeed is not a Supermicro customer and has never been a customer," Reuters reported.

Supermicro added that it has cooperated fully with authorities. "We have responded diligently to inquiries from US and Taiwanese authorities and have cooperated fully," the company said, adding that it has voluntarily provided information and continues to comply with all requests from Singaporean authorities.

Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the US Department of Justice and law enforcement agencies were investigating allegations that an organization linked to Alice Ma had attempted to smuggle AI equipment made by Supermicro into China.

Supermicro has faced similar scrutiny before. In March, three former executives — including co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liao — were indicted on charges of attempting to illegally export servers to China through a Thai company.

At the time, CEO Charles Liang, whose Chinese name is Liang Jianhuo, said the company had taken action against all confirmed employees involved and that they no longer had any ties to Supermicro. In August, following an independent investigation, the company announced again that current management had no involvement in the smuggling case.

Supermicro builds and sells servers centered on Nvidia chips.


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