Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reportedly suspended shipments to Chinese chip design company Sophgo after chips produced by the company were found to be present on one of its wafers. Huawei Artificial intelligence processor. Reuters quoted people familiar with the matter as saying, sovgo – Belongs to cryptocurrency mining equipment company Bitmain and has ordered chips from it British Semiconductor Matches what was found on Huawei Ascend 910B. For those who don’t know, Huawei is restricted from purchasing technology to protect U.S. national security.
According to the report, technology research company TechInsights discovered TSMC chips when disassembling Huawei’s Ascend 910B multi-chip processor. TSMC alerted the United States about the discovery about two weeks ago.
The official told the agency that TSMC has alerted Taiwanese and U.S. authorities and has begun a detailed investigation. However, the official did not disclose the name of the customer, and the latest source has identified the customer as Sophgo.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer, said earlier this week that it had stopped supplying Huawei since mid-September 2020 and was “actively communicating” with the U.S. Department of Commerce on the matter.
“We are not aware of any investigation currently underway at TSMC,” the company said in a statement at the time.
