Senators Urge Tightening of Rules on Chip Contract Manufacturers
- Taiwanese authorities are considering imposing stronger export controls on AI chips to all Chinese customers, a potential policy shift aiming to align Taiwan with United States measures addressing semiconductor smuggling.
- Currently, Taiwan lacks specific legal tools to prosecute unauthorized AI chip exports to China as a crime, prompting authorities to seek these controls amid mounting pressure from United States officials.
- Gigabyte Technology Co. and Asustek Computer Inc. shares fell on Wednesday, dropping 3.2% and 4.4% respectively, as these firms face increased pressure to tighten oversight of Nvidia Corp.-powered server operations.
- The potential controls would enable Taiwan to prosecute AI chip smuggling to China as a criminal violation for the first time, though Chinese officials have previously criticized similar moves as harmful to Taiwan.
- Taipei has not finalized the specific scope of the controls as officials continue consultations regarding advanced chips, with senior officials on both sides needing to review and sign off on any final agreement.
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Taiwan Considers Full Control of AI Chip Exports to China Bloomberg reported on the 9th (local time) that Taiwan is considering a plan to fully tighten controls on artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor exports to China as part of trade negotiations with the United States. According to the report, Taiwanese authorities are considering ... on the export blacklist
Senators Urge Tightening of Rules on Chip Contract Manufacturers
A bipartisan effort by U.S. Senators is urging the Trump administration to tighten controls on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and similar entities to prevent potential circumvention of restrictions by overseas subsidiaries of Chinese firms, which could access advanced AI chips from these manufacturers.
US lawmakers call for tighter rules on chipmakers supplying Chinese overseas units
Experts said the rules on chip contract manufacturers still leave a loophole for Chinese front companies to order custom chips from contract manufacturers such as TSMC. (EPA Images pic) SAN FRANCISCO: A bipartisan pair of US senators on Monday urged President Donald Trump’s administration to tighten rules on chip contract manufacturers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) to prevent them from making advanced AI chips for overseas…
Two U.S. senators, one Republican and one Democratic, recently wrote to the Trump administration, demanding stronger oversight of semiconductor foundries such as TSMC to prevent Chinese companies from circumventing U.S. export controls by obtaining advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips through overseas subsidiaries or shell companies.
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