Apple and Nvidia chip producer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp has stopped chip sales to a suspicious buyer after TSMC chips ended up in Huawei Ascend 910B AI processors, according to an unnamed Taiwanese official. The 910B is a "multi-chiplet ...

TSMC’s discovery raises questions about how Huawei, considered China’s best hope of ascending the semiconductor industry, acquired advanced chips.

TSMC has advised the U.S. that there was an attempt by Huawei to violate sanctions against China restricting the export of AI chips to China, as the probe that could affect Apple chip production rolls on.

Huawei's most advanced AI accelerator chip, the Ascend 910B, may have been manufactured by TSMC, a source familiar with the matter has disclosed to

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. discovered this month that chips it made for a specific customer ended up with Huawei Technologies Co., a potential violation of US sanctions intended to sever the flow of technology to a Chinese national champion.

Chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) halted semiconductor shipments to a client that may have illegally sent the chips on to Huawei, according to Bloomberg. That follows reports that TSMC had informed the US government that its chips appeared in one of Huawei's AI accelerators.

Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC halted shipments to a customer this month after its semiconductors were sent to China's Huawei, a Taipei government official told AFP, potentially breaching US sanctions.

An investigation of Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest AI offering has unearthed an advanced processor made by Nvidia Corp. manufacturing partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., suggesting that China is still struggling to reliably make its own advanced chips in sufficient quantities.

Huawei's latest AI processor called HiSilicon Ascend 910B has been produced by TSMC, according to analysts from TechInsights cited by Bloomberg. Both Huawei and TSMC deny any collaborations in the recent years in accordance with the U.