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posted by martyb on Tuesday May 19 2020, @01:16AM   Printer-friendly

TSMC reportedly stops taking orders from Huawei after new U.S. export controls

Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract semiconductor maker, has stopped taking new orders from Huawei Technologies, one of its largest customers, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. The report said the decision was made to comply with new United States export controls, announced last Friday, that are meant to make it more difficult for Huawei to obtain chips produced using U.S. technology, including manufacturing equipment.

Huawei hits back at US as TSMC cuts off chip orders

Huawei rotating chairman Guo Ping has hit back at the US government's stricter export controls intended to stop the Chinese tech giant from obtaining essential chips, following reports that its biggest supplier has already cut it off. "We still haven't figured it out," Guo said on stage at Huawei's annual analyst summit. "The US government still persists in attacking Huawei, but what will that bring to the world?"

"In its relentless pursuit to tighten its stranglehold on our company, the US government has decided to proceed and completely ignore the concerns of many companies and industry associations," Huawei adds in an official statement. "This decision was arbitrary and pernicious, and threatens to undermine the entire industry worldwide. This new rule will impact the expansion, maintenance, and continuous operations of networks worth hundreds of billions of dollars that we have rolled out in more than 170 countries."

"We expect that our business will inevitably be affected," Huawei's statement continues. "We will try all we can to seek a solution."

See also: Huawei Braces for Latest U.S. Hit, but Some Say Loopholes Remain
TSMC Accepts US Kill Order & Suspends Future Huawei Contracts

Previously: U.S. Attempting to Restrict TSMC Sales to Huawei
Washington in Talks with Chipmakers about Building U.S. Factories
TSMC Will Build a $12 Billion "5nm" Fab in Arizona


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  • (Score: 2) by loonycyborg on Tuesday May 19 2020, @10:52PM (2 children)

    by loonycyborg (6905) on Tuesday May 19 2020, @10:52PM (#996609)

    For sure not with someone who nuked them. They could be semi-willing vassal though, because otherwise they're diplomatically isolated. They engaged in genocide against Chinese, etc..

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  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Monday June 01 2020, @03:34PM (1 child)

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Monday June 01 2020, @03:34PM (#1001724)

    So their choice is between allying with the most powerful country in the world or being surrounded on all sides by enemies...I'll need a bigger brain to figure that one out!

    • (Score: 2) by loonycyborg on Tuesday June 02 2020, @07:21AM

      by loonycyborg (6905) on Tuesday June 02 2020, @07:21AM (#1002074)

      The only sane choice in such situation is to cease to exist and their demographic trend shows that that's exactly what they're doing.