NEW YORK: The US ordered chipmaker TSMC from Monday (Nov 11) to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips, of 7 nanometer or more advanced designs, destined for China that power AI accelerator and graphics processing units (GPU), the person said. The US order, which is