United Kingdom, Oct. 4 -- Huawei's most advanced AI processors have reportedly been found to rely on critical components made by Asia's biggest tech firms.

According to Bloomberg, a teardown of Huawei's Ascend 910C AI accelerators by Canadian research firm TechInsights revealed dies manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and high-bandwidth memory (HBM2E) sourced from both Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.

The findings suggest Huawei used stockpiled foreign technology to continue producing high-performance chips.

The 910C, which began mass shipments earlier this year, packages two older 910B dies into a single unit.

According to TSMC, the components identified in the teardown came from wafers produced before Sept...