US plans to blacklist company that ordered TSMC chip found in Huawei processor

The Biden administration is set to blacklist Chinese chip designer Sophgo, a Bitmain affiliate, for using a TSMC-made chip in a Huawei AI processor. This action follows the discovery of a Sophgo-ordered chip matching one in Huawei's Ascend 910B. The move effectively bars U.S. exporters from supplying Sophgo without a license, likely to be denied.