According to the Taipei Times, TSMC cannot always tell where its chips end up. The Taiwan company makes chips for firms like NVIDIA and Apple, but loses track after they leave its plants. This happened when TSMC chips appeared in Huawei AI products despite export rules. TSMC sold parts to another business that passed them to Huawei without TSMC knowing about it.
China offers such a large market that keeping track becomes hard for tech makers. The current American government tries to stop AI chips from reaching China through export permits and limiting sales numbers. Officials also check shipments to places like Singapore and India more carefully to prevent them from reaching Chinese hands. These steps might help, but they cannot completely block China from finding ways to access new computer chips.
China offers such a large market that keeping track becomes hard for tech makers. The current American government tries to stop AI chips from reaching China through export permits and limiting sales numbers. Officials also check shipments to places like Singapore and India more carefully to prevent them from reaching Chinese hands. These steps might help, but they cannot completely block China from finding ways to access new computer chips.
