TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies

Semiconductor giant TSMC is expected to stop supplying chips made with 7 nm or smaller processes to customers in China that are developing AI processors or GPUs. The move is reportedly to ensure it remains compliant with US export restrictions. The Taiwan-based megacorp, the largest semiconductor contract manufacturer …

[PhilipN]

...and Musk wants SpaceX suppliers to move production away from the island?

Using Taiwan as a political football is going really well, isn't it.

[Zibob]

*Team America World Police theme getting louder and closer*

[Jonathon Green]

Hmmm…

Technology Embargo you say…

I wonder what would happen if the EU responded to the hypothetical imposition of US import tariffs by stopping the supply of ASML Extreme UV Lithography kit and associated technologies to US controlled entities…

[Scene it all]

Meanwhile China is making progress on their own way to make 5nm chips.

https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3257442/tech-war-china-quietly-making-progress-new-techniques-cut-reliance-advanced-asml-lithography