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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 TSMC to continue supplying Huawei
The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is pictured during an investors’ conference in Taipei on April 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters
US SANCTIONS: The chipmaker said it conducts due diligence on every product it exports to make sure it is in compliance with international trade regulations
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter, in Hsinchu
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co （TSMC, 台積電） yesterday said it would continue supplying wafers and technologies to Huawei Technologies Co （華為） as its exports are in full compliance with international trade rules, despite the US’ latest sanctions on the Chinese firm.
The chipmaker’s move came as a slew of global firms followed the lead of Aphabet Inc’s Google in cutting ties with the world’s No. 2 smartphone maker after Washington put Huawei on a blacklist.
TSMC, which counts Huawei among its top clients, said that it is the company’s long-term practice to conduct due diligence on every product it exports to make sure it is in compliance with international trade rules.
“Based on our due diligence, we do not anticipate any major changes in how we ship wafers and how we deliver technologies to this client,” TSMC spokesperson Elizabeth Sun （孫又文） said on the sidelines of the chipmaker’s annual technology symposium in Hsinchu.
TSMC products contain less than 25 percent US-origin software and technology during the production process, Sun said, citing an internal assessment and an appraisal from an outside counsel from the US.
“We are our customers’ enabler. That includes HiSilicon Technologies Co （海思半導體）,” Sun said.
HiSilicon helps design in-house premium mobile processors, including the Kirin family used in Huawei’s high-end smartphones.
TSMC said that some of it clients have said they would stop could lead to reduced orders from certain clients.
The company does not plan to revise down its second-quarter financial forecast.
It is sticking to its forecast of revenue growing at a quarterly pace of 7 percent this quarter.
TSMC said it does not plan to accelerate capacity expansion at its new factory in Nanjing to cope with the escalating US-China trade dispute.
Its goal is to boost annual capacity at the 12-inch fab to 15,000 wafers by the end of this year and to 20,000 wafers next year.
TSMC chief executive officer C.C.Wei （魏哲家） added that the company is committed to investing heavily in Taiwan.
Over the past five years, TSMC has spent US$50 billion on capacity expansion and technology development, he said.
This year, the company plans to invest between US$10 and US$11 billion on new facilities and equipment, which should increase total annual capacity by about 2 percent to 12 million wafers.
TSMC has started equipment installation at its Fab 18, paving the way for the company to produce the world’s first 5-nanometer chip in the first quarter next year.
The company has also earmarked a piece of land for next-generation 3-nanometer chips, Wei said.
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