US government revokes TSMC’s waiver for chip supply to China; TSMC says it has received notification from the American government that …
The Trump administration has reportedly revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) authorisation to ship US-made chipmaking tools to China without a licence. According to a report by CNBC, the US officials informed TSMC of their decision to end the chipmaker’s validated end user, or VEU, status for its Nanjing site. The decision follows a similar step last week when Washington withdrew the “validated end user” status of Samsung and SK Hynix, restricting their ability to move equipment into China freely.
Notably, Intel also lost its licence-free status last week. But the chipmaker – which the government agreed to take a 10 per cent stake in last month– had already sold its China memory-chip factory in Dalian to SK Hynix.
