Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has ended its relationship with PowerAIR, a modest Singapore company. Discovery of TSMC chips Three people familiar with the matter said it was installed in Huawei Technologies’ artificial intelligence (AI) processors.
PowerAIR is the second known company named as a possible participant in the Huawei incident. TSMC suspended shipments of products based in mainland China last year Chip design company Sophgo Reuters reported in October, citing unnamed sources, that the chips the company ordered from a Taiwanese chipmaker were found to match those in Huawei’s Ascend 910B multi-chip system.
China’s technology champion Huawei has been under a blanket ban from the United States since 2020, effectively cutting off its access to semiconductor foundries around the world. TSMC previously said it has not supplied products to Huawei since 2020. Huawei said it no longer produces chips through TSMC after the US imposed related sanctions.
Sofgo and its affiliate, Bitcoin mining equipment supplier Bitmain, deny any business relationship with Huawei.
PowerAIR does not have an official website, nor does it have a publicly available phone number or email address. TSMC and Huawei did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.
