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After a splintering manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ( TSMC ) wasfound inside a Huawei processor , the U.S. Department of Commerce has order the company to halt lading of advanced potato chip to Chinese client , consort to a report in Reuters .

Huaweifaces significant trade restrictionsfrom the U.S. , so the pause on shipments is supposed to allow the regime to decide whether other company are diverting check to Huawei .

TSMC reportedly notified bear upon client that it will be stop payload begin Monday . The advanced chip being targeted are often used for artificial intelligence applications — an area where the U.S. has already beenrestricting buffalo chip exportsfrom companies like Nvidia .

In a statement provided to Reuters and other publications , TSMC enounce it is “ attached to comply with all applicable rules and regulation , including applicable export controls . ”

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