China to make 5nm chips with SAQP process
A Beijing-based state-owned enterprise reportedly has started research on a multiple-patterning process that can achieve the mass production of 5 nanometer chips.
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Low yield for SMIC-Huawei Nvidia knockoff? So what?
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the world’s third largest chip-foundry after Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung, is reportedly struggling to increase the production yield of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip for Huawei Technologies.
China hawk: Fix symbolic, ineffective US sanctions
The Biden administration should strengthen its sanctions and export controls against China, which at present aren’t strong enough to stop Chinese firms from shipping dual-use products to Russia and accessing American technologies, according to a Trump-era US trade official who was known as a “China hawk.”
China downgrades AI chips to secure TSMC production
Chinese fabless artificial intelligence chip makers have downgraded their designs to retain access to production in Taiwan after the United States tightened its chip export controls last October.
Huawei plans to make 3nm chips, but when?
Huawei Technologies, a Shenzhen-based telecommunication equipment maker, is reportedly planning to make 3 nanometer chips with deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines despite low yields and high costs.
The missing piece in US chip policy
Here’s a bit of an inside scoop: During the early days of the CHIPS Act, members of the congressional team responsible for drafting the act visited a US ally in East Asia with a substantial domestic semiconductor industry.
Huawei shrugs off US sanctions with a bumper 2023
Chinese technology company Huawei is recovering strongly from the earlier impact of US sanctions, with sales up 9.6% and net profit 144% in 2023, company figures released on March 29 show.
China’s legacy chips to survive with price advantage
The European Union and the United States will not be able to achieve their goals of reducing their companies’ reliance on China’s legacy chips (28 nanometers or above) as the products have a price advantage, say Chinese state media and commentators.
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