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PC Gamer
Jess Kinghorn

TSMC, the biggest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, has special export privileges revoked as US continues to crack down on Chinese importers

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. logo atop a building at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. TSMC is scheduled to release earnings results on Oct. 19.

TSMC has enjoyed fast-track status for US chip manufacturing equipment exports to its plant in Nanjing, China—but soon, no more. From December 31st, TSMC's validated end user status privilege will end, and those chipmaking tools will require US export licenses.

As not just one of, but THE biggest chip foundry in the world, TSMC has previously been exempt from many of the Trump administration's far-reaching export controls. Currently, TSMC is evaluating future courses of action and maintaining communication with the US government.

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