U.S. export rule change puts TSMC and Huawei in a bind over shipments of cutting-edge 5nm silicon

This past May, almost exactly a year after was placed on the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List preventing it from accessing its stateside supply chain, the U.S. struck again. allowing the U.S. to demand that foundries manufacturing chips using American-sourced tech need to obtain a license from the U.S. to ship cutting-edge-chips to Huawei.

TSMC delivered to Huawei only 8.8 million of the 15 million 5nm chips that the manufacturer ordered

Surely you can see the issue here. TSMC, the world's largest independent foundry, produces chips for big-name ...

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