Huawei seems to nonetheless be utilizing TSMC chips regardless of US sanctions

A Canadian analysis agency known as TechInsights took a deep dive on one in all Huawei’s synthetic intelligence accelerators and located a chip manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm (TSMC). spoke with a number of folks aware of the investigation who requested to stay nameless since TechInsights’ report has been launched to the general public.

The nameless sources says TechInsights’ investigation discovered an Ascend 910B chip made by TSMC in one in all Huawei’s AI accelerators. The corporate that carried out the investigation declined to remark.

The US Commerce Division applied extra in opposition to Huawei that barred the electronics firm from acquiring chips made by international corporations. Earlier this 12 months, the US authorities tightened its restrictions even additional by revoking its licenses with to provide chips for its units.

TSMC denied that it had a working relationship with Huawei since mid-September of 2020 in a press release supplied to the Commerce Division. TSMC additionally advised Bloomberg that it hasn’t produced any chips for Huawei as a result of amended restrictions. Huawei denied that it had ever “launched the 910B chip.”

This isn’t the primary time Huawei has been caught making an attempt to subvert US sanctions and commerce restrictions. Bloomberg additionally uncovered in Could that at universities together with Harvard by funneling the cash via a Washington-based scientific analysis basis known as Optica. The inspiration stated in June and chief government officers Elizabeth Rogen and Chad Stark stepped down the next August.