Tag: SMIC
China’s new breakout in 5nm Process!
Recently, it has been reported that U.S. sanctions against China's SMIC haven't worked in the last 18 months as SMIC moves to the 7nm node using DUV lithography. Semiconductor equipment is critical in the chip fabrication sector. When it comes to semicond...
Oops, China learned how to make good chips
This week Qualcomm announced new 4nm wearable chips called the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and W5+ Gen 1, Sony and Minecraft's Mojang said no to NFTs, and China's SMIC chip fab shipped 7nm bitcoin miners with a process they copied from TSMC, potentially overtaki...
China's 7nm Chips: SMIC N+2
In this brief video, I want to say a few thoughts about SMIC's N+2 node - the 7 nanometer leap forward. Links:- The Asianometry Newsletter: https://asianomet...
Top China chipmaker outlook hit by lockdowns
China’s biggest chipmaker has cut its outlook for the second quarter, joining a growing list of manufacturers warning about the fallout from lockdowns aimed at containing the country’s worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years. Semiconductor Manufacturing Inte...