Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing could face a penalty of $1 billion or more to settle a u.s Export control investigation over a chip it made that ended up inside a huawei ai processor. Nvidia's most advanced ai chip it developed for the china market has got off to a weak start, with abundant supply forcing it to be priced below a rival chip from chinese tech giant huawei. China has accelerated work on domestic ai chip alternatives, with companies, such as huawei (hwt.ul) developing processors that rival the h20's performance, and beijing urging the technology. Sicarrier, a chinese chip equipment maker with close links to huawei, is seeking $2.8 billion in its maiden fundraising round, two people familiar with the plans said, as the startup chases more. Intel has survived an effort to halt hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of chip sales to huawei, two people familiar with the matter said, giving one of the world's largest chipmakers more.
Huawei has made great strides in chip development, with its latest models said to be on par with nvidia in some aspects like computing power, though analysts say it lags in key areas such as. The order by one of china's leading ai firms adds to signs that us pressure is prompting chinese acceptance of huawei's products as an alternative to those of american chip giant nvidia.
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