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Exclusive: TSMC could face $1 billion or more fine from US probe, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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April 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (2330.TW) could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a U.S. export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a Huawei AI processor, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has been investigating the world's biggest contract chipmaker's work for China-based Sophgo, the sources said. The design company's TSMC-made chip matched one found in Huawei's high-end Ascend 910B artificial intelligence processor, according to the people, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.

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[โ€“] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 week ago

From the article, it sounds like TSMC's part in this was just negligence as Huawei used a front company to make the order for them โ€” like a 14-year-old getting an adult to make a booze purchase. If they get fined, it seems unlikely it would be for the maximum amount.