Taiwan minister says TSMC has received China chip waiver extension from US

A smartphone with a displayed TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TAIPEI, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) has received from the United States a waiver extension to supply U.S. chip equipment to the company’s factories in China, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Friday. Last October, the Biden administration published a sweeping set of export controls, including a measure to cut off China from certain semiconductor chips made anywhere in the world with U.S. tools, vastly expanding…