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TSMC suspended shipments to China firm after chip found on Huawei processor, sources say (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company suspended shipments to China-based chip designer Sophgo after a chip it made was found on a Huawei AI processor, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Sophgo had ordered chips from TSMC that matched the one found on Huawei's Ascend 910B, the people said. Huawei is restricted from buying the technology to protect U.S. national security. Reuters could not determine how the chip ended up on the Huawei product.

Tech research firm TechInsights discovered the TSMC chip on Huawei's Ascend 910B when it took apart the multi-chip processor, a different source told Reuters on Tuesday. Alerted to the finding, about two weeks ago TSMC notified the U.S., the source said.

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[–] WestBromwich@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why do you assume that Chinese tech isn't back-doored by the Chinese Communist Party?

There seem to be multiple different cases of the PRC trying to hack the West.

[–] dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You posted three articles of of China using the US's existing backdoors. This is why Intel was banned in China.

To your loaded question, because we do audits on hardware (no backdoor) and software (sometimes a backdoor, don't use wechat).

We know the CCP isn't going to backdoor hardware, and it's really simple why not. Backdoors go both ways. Only the most ridiculously stupidly arrogant country would put in a backdoor assuming they're the only ones that will ever be able to use it.