China close to shipping 5 nm chips, despite Western curbs
China close to shipping 5 nm chips, despite Western curbs
SMIC is facing lower yields as it makes 5 nm chips for Huawei smartphones.
Cutting off the supply of a critical technology is a double-edged sword. Short-term sure you starve them of that technology. But now you're encouraging them, with great urgency, to develop that technology stack domestically. Which they may not have done if it was readily, and cheaply available for import.
It's a great thing from a technological perspective. Having more than one development group will drive innovation.
Engagement is almost always a better strategy. But once an unhinged dictator wannabe and his Chinese counterpart start down the road to isolationism, itâs hard to find an off-ramp.
That's great! I'll believe it when I see it.
ikr? these news come out every month.
I hope they did and start driving down costs but if it isn't mass produced and easily accessible, the news means fuck all for everyone but the CCP.
Didn't China just recently lie about their ability to do this? I suspect they aren't as close as they claim
Source?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Chinaâs national chip champions expect to make next-generation smartphone processors as early as this year, despite US efforts to restrict their development of advanced technologies.
The countryâs biggest chipmaker, SMIC, has put together new semiconductor production lines in Shanghai, according to two people familiar with the move, to mass-produce the chips designed by technology giant Huawei.
That plan supports Beijingâs goals of chip self-sufficiency, with President Joe Bidenâs administration tightening export restrictions for advanced chipmaking equipment in October, citing national security concerns.
The phone helped it to increase shipments in China by nearly 50 percent in the fourth quarter, according to Canalys research, as it proved a big hit with consumers.
If production is judged successful enough for smartphones, Huaweiâs most powerful artificial intelligence processor, the Ascend 920, will also be produced at 5 nm by SMIC, the two people said, narrowing the gap between Chinaâs alternative AI chips and Nvidiaâs highly sought-after graphics processing units.
âSMIC is facing a more significant roadblock for production expansion after the US and its alliance tightened export restrictions on advanced chipmaking gear,â said one person close to the company.
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