Published on: 2025-09-05 04:31:42
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may have to pay a fine of $1 billion or more to resolve a U.S. export control investigation related to a chip it made that was used in a Huawei AI processor, according to a report by Reuters. TSMC did not provide any further comments as it is now “in [a] quiet period,” a spokesperson for the chipmaker said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch. It’s the latest development in a situation that first came to light in late 2024 involving TSMC, Huaw
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-05 12:08:00
Oops: TSMC could be fined more than $1 billion by the U.S. Commerce Department for allegedly – and apparently inadvertently – supplying sanctioned Huawei with a chiplet that ended up in the Ascend 910B AI accelerator. The size of the potential penalty stems from export control regulations, which allow fines of up to twice the value of transactions that violate the rules. The Commerce Department has been investigating TSMC over its work for Chinese chip designer Sophgo, which was cut off from TS
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