WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration added 16 entities to its restricted trade list on Wednesday, including a Chinese company whose TSMC-made chip was illegally incorporated into a Huawei artificial intelligence processor.
Sophgo and other entities linked to it were among 14 China-based companies and two Singapore-based companies added to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List, according to a federal government notice.
Sophgo drew attention after a chip found on Huawei’s Ascend 910B multi-chip AI system matched one it ordered from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co .
Sophgo is the latest Chinese company slated to be punished by the U.S. for helping Huawei. Late last year, the Commerce Department added other companies viewed as part of Huawei’s shadow network to the U.S. Commerce Department’s restricted trade list.
The United States also on Wednesday strengthened restrictions on advanced computing semiconductors to prevent the diversion to China of high-end chips.
(Reporting by Karen Freifeld; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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