TSMC could face a fine of US$1 billion or more from a U.S. investigation into how one of its advanced chips ended up in a Huawei AI processor last year, according to Reuters.
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00:00The U.S. could hit Taiwanese chip giant TSMC with a billion U.S. dollar fine.
00:05That's according to sources who spoke to Reuters.
00:08The U.S.'s commerce department is investigating how one of TSMC's advanced chips ended up
00:13in a Huawei AI processor last year.
00:16Washington has blacklisted Huawei and other Chinese tech firms from accessing U.S. technology,
00:22including cutting-edge chips like TSMC's.
00:25Officials are looking into whether shipments to China-based customer Softgo might have
00:29created a backdoor for those chips to reach Huawei.
00:32TSMC says it's following the law and is fully cooperating with the investigation.