Reuters: U.S. Could Hit TSMC With US$1B Penalty Over Huawei Chip

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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.

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