The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an annual export license to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing allowing the chipmaker to import American manufacturing equipment to its Nanjing, China facility without requiring individual vendor licenses, the company announced Thursday.
The approval replaces a validated end-user waiver system that expired December 31, shifting from blanket permissions to annual licensing requirements that Washington also applied to Samsung and SK Hynix for their Chinese operations.
TSMC's Nanjing facility accounts for approximately 3% of the company's total capacity and produces older-generation chips using 16-nanometer, 12-nanometer, and 28-nanometer technologies, with the new license ensuring uninterrupted fabrication operations.
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