Reuters: The United States plans to blacklist Sophgo, an AI company associated with Bitmain

PANews reported on December 22 that the Biden administration plans to add Bitmain-affiliated artificial intelligence company Sophgo to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s restricted trade list because the company’s TSMC-made chips were illegally incorporated into Huawei’s, Reuters reported citing people familiar with the matter. Artificial Intelligence Processor.

According to previous news , Sophgo, an artificial intelligence company associated with Bitmain, stated in a statement that it has never had any direct or indirect business dealings with Huawei. Sophgo has provided a detailed investigation report to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to prove that Sophgo has no direct or indirect business dealings with Huawei. irrelevant to the investigation.