The Commerce Department has reportedly ordered Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC to halt any such shipments The US has ordered one of the world’s largest semiconductor producers, Taiwan-based TSMC, to halt exports to Chinese customers of advanced chips used in AI applications, Reuters reported on Sunday. A person familiar with the matter told the outlet that the US Department of Commerce had sent a letter to TSMC ordering export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips, of 7 nanometers (nm)