The US Commerce Department ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to halt shipments of chips at 7 nanometers or more advanced to China for AI accelerator and GPU applications. The order follows TSMC's discovery and disclosure to Commerce that one of its chips appeared in a Huawei AI processor, and reflects bipartisan Congressional pressure on export-control enforcement. The action tightens the existing 2022 restrictions on Nvidia and AMD direct exports by targeting the foundry channel, which had become a workaround route for advanced Chinese AI chip development.
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