➀ TSMC stopped shipping chips to a specific customer in mid-October after discovering the chips were used in Huawei products;
➁ It is unclear whether the customer represents Huawei and where its headquarters are located;
➂ The incident provides new clues to recent reports, including those from The Information, which claimed the US recently contacted TSMC about producing chips for a blacklisted Chinese company;
➃ Huawei has relied on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) for its chip production, including the 7-nanometer chips used in its smartphones last August;
➄ TSMC stopped shipping chips to Huawei after September 15, 2020, and reiterated this point when asked about TechInsights' report;
➅ TSMC and Huawei representatives refused to comment on the reports;
➆ The US Department of Commerce acknowledged that there may have been violations of US export control regulations;
➇ TSMC stated that it is a law-abiding company committed to complying with all applicable regulations, including export control regulations;
➈ Huawei stated that it has not produced any chips through TSMC since the implementation of the Foreign Direct Product Rule (FDPR) in 2020;
➉ Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs stated that Taiwan respects the US' export control measures and will communicate fully with TSMC;
➊ The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) had a meeting with TSMC executives in October to discuss supply chain issues, including whether third-party distributors can provide restricted technology to China.