> The newly granted licence permits TSMC to import American chipmaking equipment for its Nanjing plant without needing separate approvals from individual vendors. This annual export licence replaces the previous “validated end-user” status, which had provided broad exemptions from U.S. chip export restrictions but expired at the end of 2025.
groot1 week ago
So basically TSMC is able to continue printing chips without interruption. Probably more important for Nvidia than anybody else.
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> The newly granted licence permits TSMC to import American chipmaking equipment for its Nanjing plant without needing separate approvals from individual vendors. This annual export licence replaces the previous “validated end-user” status, which had provided broad exemptions from U.S. chip export restrictions but expired at the end of 2025.
So basically TSMC is able to continue printing chips without interruption. Probably more important for Nvidia than anybody else.
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