
How TSMC’s Huawei mistake may cost it $1 billion fine in the US
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is under investigation by the US Department of Commerce for allegedly violating export control regulations. The probe centers on a chip manufactured by TSMC for Sophgo, a China-based chip design company, which reportedly ended up in Huawei’s high-end Ascend 910B artificial intelligence processor. Huawei has…