TSMC won't manufacture chips for Biren, the China graphics chip designer, due to public information showing its chips outperform Nvidia's A100 chip.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...d-work-for-chinese-chip-startup-amid-us-curbs

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has suspended production of advanced silicon for Chinese startup Biren Technology to ensure compliance with US regulations, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The decision is connected with information in the public domain that Biren’s products outperform Nvidia Corp.’s A100 chips, which are now banned for the Chinese market, the person said, asking not to be identified discussing a sensitive matter. While TSMC has not reached a conclusion on whether Biren’s products meet the US threshold for restrictions, the Taiwanese chipmaker has decided to stop supplies to the Chinese startup for now, the person said.

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It was absolutely inevitable that China would try to create its own GPU compute engines. It was never a given that it would succeed in only three years.

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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1584102016522952705

^... I have to agree with him sadly... TSMC maybe sticking a target on their backs.

 

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yeah whats going to happen in the short term is nvidia getting a truckload of chinese orders for the A100/H100.. theres supposed to be a cool off period for the ban to come into effect. anyone knows more details?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1580889341265469440

Worth a read.

 

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