Exclusive: US plans to blacklist company that ordered TSMC chip found in Huawei processor -- source

Karen Freifeld - Reuters - 20/12
The Biden administration plans to blacklist a Chinese company whose TSMC-made chip was illegally incorporated into a Huawei AI processor, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Dec 20(Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to blacklist a Chinese company whose TSMC-made chip was illegally incorporated into a Huawei AI processor, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Chip designer Sophgo, an affiliate of bitcoin mining equipment supplier Bitmain, is in the process of being placed on the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List, the person said.
A spokesperson for the Commerce Department declined comment.
Sophgo drew attention after ordering a chip from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC) that...
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