Chinese semiconductor industry

Samsung Electronics, rushing to mass-produce 3nm process... pointed out "Insufficient IP security"

Samsung Electronics is preparing to mass-produce the world's first 3nm GAA (gate-all-around) process. It plans to complete product design and quality verification with major customers within the first half of this year. However, it is reported that Samsung Electronics has not secured enough IP (design assets) for 3nm process customers so far.

According to the industry on the 18th, it is pointed out that preparations for IP library construction are insufficient for Samsung Electronics' development of the most advanced 3nm process.

Good documentary that show Huawei is far from dead it invigorate itself

It’s 2022, can HUAWEI really survive the ongoing US sanctions? 丨faces of HUAWEI丨Season 2 Ep.01​

Chinese manufacturing giant, HUAWEI, has been releasing the HarmonyOS system for its smartphones since 2019. Under the pressure of the US Sanction, HUAWEI expanded into new areas. What makes HarmonyOS more than an alternative to Android? And what kind of future does HUAWEI strive to lead us to? Let’s find out.

Hendrik_2000 said:

Good documentary that show Huawei is far from dead it invigorate itself

It’s 2022, can HUAWEI really survive the ongoing US sanctions? 丨faces of HUAWEI丨Season 2 Ep.01​

Chinese manufacturing giant, HUAWEI, has been releasing the HarmonyOS system for its smartphones since 2019. Under the pressure of the US Sanction, HUAWEI expanded into new areas. What makes HarmonyOS more than an alternative to Android? And what kind of future does HUAWEI strive to lead us to? Let’s find out.

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It's interesting that Huawei's revenue has actually been increasing despite the us sanctions and it actually reached its highest ever revenue (and fortune global 500 rank) in 2021. I would've thought the loss of its mobile sector would have dropped its revenue.

I wonder how much of it is due to expanding its non handset business and how much was due to the chinese government pumping in cash

Edit: seems like fortune might be inaccurate and huawei revenue did drop in 2021

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. The 6nm chipset, MariSilicon X, includes the NPU, an image signal processor (ISP) and a custom memory architecture. The chip promises to improve the imaging capabilities of mobile photography, including a 20-bit HDR pipeline. Oppo has now announced the Find X5 Pro flagship smartphone, its first smartphone equipped with the MariSilicon X Imaging NPU.

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The West can no longer keep up with Chinese innovations.

ACM: 2021Q4 revenue of $95.1 million increased by 109% year-on-year​

On February 25, ACM Research released its fourth quarter 2021 and 2021 annual performance reports.

According to the report, the operating income in the fourth quarter of 2021 was US$95.1 million, a year-on-year increase of 109%, the net profit was US$15.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, and the gross profit margin was 47.8%. In 2021, the operating income will be $259.8 million, a year-on-year increase of 66%, the net profit will be $37.8 million, a year-on-year increase of 101%, the gross profit margin will be 44.2%, and the net profit margin will be 14.5%. R&D expenses will account for 13.2% of operating income.

ACM said operating income growth reflected a 44% increase in revenue from single wafer cleaning, Tahoe and semi-critical cleaning equipment, a 149% increase in revenue from ECP, furnace and other technologies, as well as advanced packaging (excluding ECP), services and spare parts growth.



"2021 has been a special and transformative year for ACM, with solid financial performance, operational excellence and the execution of our strategic plans," said ACM President and CEO Dr. David Wang. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of ACM's multi-product strategy, with strong growth in our flagship cleaning tools and significant growth in electrochemical plating and advanced packaging products.

Meanwhile, Dr. Wang continued: "We have expanded our customer base, increased production of new products, and secured orders for evaluation tools from several major semiconductor manufacturers. In November, we launched an IPO on the STAR Market through our subsidiary ACM Research Shanghai. Raised $545 million in net proceeds. We plan to use the funds to accelerate new product launches, increase resources to win new major global customers, and continue to build our Lingang R&D center and production facility. We believe that the The listing on the GEM, coupled with the listing of ACM's Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market, provides a solid foundation for our mission to be a global player in the semiconductor equipment industry."

The demand for semiconductor equipment has increased significantly, and Huafeng Measurement and Control's 2021 net profit will increase by 120% year-on-year​

In the evening of February 25, Huafeng Measurement and Control released its 2021 performance announcement. In 2021, the company achieved operating income of 878,269,295.84 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 120.96%; net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was 438,773,193.33 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 120.28%. Basic earnings per share were 7.16 yuan. The company plans to distribute a cash dividend of 21.50 yuan (tax included) for every 10 shares.



Huafeng Measurement and Control's main business is the research and development, production and sales of semiconductor automated test systems. The products are mainly used for the testing of integrated circuits such as analog, digital-analog hybrid, discrete devices and power modules. The sales area covers China, Taiwan, the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia and other countries and regions with developed global semiconductor industries.

Since its establishment, Huafeng Measurement and Control has always focused on the field of semiconductor automated test systems, and has realized the import substitution of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor automated test systems with self-developed products. Coverage in the field of semiconductor-like testing.

At present, Huafeng Measurement and Control has grown into the largest domestic supplier of semiconductor test systems in China, and it is also one of the few Chinese companies that supply semiconductor test equipment to well-known domestic and foreign chip design companies, fabs, IDMs and packaging and testing manufacturers.

Sorry for derailing discussion but semiconductor for military mainly uses older process right? Are there no military utilization for 3nm chip?
I'm asking this because of the possible chip embargo to Russia.