Hyderabad, Nov. 9 -- Nvidia, the chipmaker whose processors power much of the world's artificial intelligence (AI) boom, has ordered an independent inquiry into its own Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang, a move that comes after he admitted to an extramarital relationship with a businesswoman whom US intelligence officials reportedly suspect of being a Chinese spy.

The 63-year-old co-founder of Nvidia made the admission in an email to staff on Sunday, November 8. The company's board announced the probe the same day but made it clear that Huang would stay in the top job.

Here is everything you need to know about the case.

The confession

In the email, Huang wrote that he owed his family and employees an apology, admitted he had ...