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The Taic Semiconductor Manufacturer (TSMC) may have to pay a fine of one billion dollars or more to resolve the export control control in the United States related to a chip that it used in the Huawei Ai processor, according to a Reuters report.
TSMC did not make any other comments because it is now “in (A) a quiet period,” a spokesman for the chip maker said in an email statement to Techcrunch.
It is the latest development in the first back situation in late 2024 that included TSMC, Huawei and Xiamen Sophgo Technologies, a Chinese chip designer. Sofgo A subsidiary company for bitmain, bitcoin mining supplierTSMC is the largest contract maker in the world.
Reports At that time, he pointed out that a large amount of TSMC’s artificial intelligence chip He went to HuaweiAmnesty International, wholesaler, wholesale, The rise of 910B artificial intelligence therapist.
In a nesting way, it is claimed that the TSMC chip was created in the Sophingg chip, and the Sophhgo SIM was built later in ASCEND 901B.
This is important not only because of the export rules, but because the multi -fall Huawei processor is the most advanced in its category that will be presented in China. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of these processors were produced with these components.
“TSMC is a company attached to the law and we are committed to compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, including applicable export controls,” TSMC said in a statement. “In compliance with regulatory requirements, TSMC has not been provided to Huawei since mid -September 2020. If we have any reason to believe that there are possible issues, we will take a quick action to ensure compliance, including conducting investigations and communicating proactive with the relevant parties, including clients and authorities’ authorities.
A timetable for TSMC chips for Chinese companies
October 2024
TechinsightsIt is a technical research company in Ottawa, Canada, dismantling the Huawei 910B AI processor and discovered a set of slices based on TSMC inside, For every Reuters. Slides are one by one by Sophgo. Sofgo Claim The U.S. Trade Ministry achieves the potential links between TSMC and Huawei does not include Sophgo or its product. He added that Civio had no direct or indirect commercial transactions with Huawei.
November 2024
US Department of Commerce TSMC ordered to stop shipments Of the advanced chips of Chinese clients, which included Sophgo.
December 2024
American Trade Administration Consider adding Sophgo to the American blacklist.
January 2025
Then the United States added More than twenty Chinese companiesIncluding ZHIPU AI, specialized in developing large language models, and Sophgo.