Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said on Tuesday it has informed the United States of a potential attempt to have it manufacture AI chips for China's Huawei in circumvention of export controls.

TSMC has advised the U.S. that there was an attempt by Huawei to violate sanctions against China restricting the export of AI chips to China, as the probe that could affect Apple chip production rolls on.

The US is investigating whether Huawei accessed advanced American chip technology via TSMC, despite a ban on such sales.

TSMC reported a potential attempt by Huawei to bypass U.S. export controls preventing them from manufacturing AI chips for the Chinese firm. Informed by a client order resembling Huawei's Ascend 910B chip,

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has notified U.S. officials about a potential attempt by a customer to circumvent export controls on chip technology. According to today’s reports, TSMC alerted the Commerce Department about an incident involving a Huawei chip known as the Ascend 910B.

TSMC notifies the U.S. government about Huawei's method of gaining access to leading process technologies and semiconductors it should not be able to due to U.S. restrictions.