TSMC halts advanced chip orders from mainland China after US export curbs evasion: source

TSMC halts advanced chip orders from mainland China after US export curbs evasion: source

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, told its graphics-processor and AI-accelerator clients in mainland China that the company will no longer produce advanced chips for them, according to a person familiar with the matter. TSMC said in a notice sent earlier this week that it will stop accepting orders requiring the … Read more

Tech war: US seeks help of allies Japan and Netherlands to curb China’s AI chip progress

Tech war: US seeks help of allies Japan and Netherlands to curb China’s AI chip progress

ASML and Tokyo Electron machines are used to produce dynamic random access memory dies, which are stacked together to make HBM chips. The United States’ Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Alan Estevez, oversees the country’s export controls. Photo: Getty Images The Biden administration has tried for years to limit China’s ability to … Read more

Huawei’s China-made chip used US gear from Applied Materials and Lam Research, complicating self-sufficiency drive

Huawei’s China-made chip used US gear from Applied Materials and Lam Research, complicating self-sufficiency drive

Shanghai-based SMIC used gear from California-based Applied Materials and Lam Research to manufacture an advanced 7-nanometre chip for Huawei in 2023, the people said, asking not to be named as the details are not public. The previously unreported information suggests that China still cannot entirely replace certain foreign components and equipment required for cutting-edge products … Read more