Basically like we have been predicting here since 2021, what the article don't tell is that is probably the same situation equipment makers or worse because they made 1/4 - 1/3 of their revenue in China.
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Basically like we have been predicting here since 2021, what the article don't tell is that is probably the same situation equipment makers or worse because they made 1/4 - 1/3 of their revenue in China.
If you can't harvest your near peer competitor then it is better to soiled the crop rather than let other enjoy and feed on it. The American can't compete they need high performance drug to stay in the game and if needed be there is always a Tanya Harding example to fall back on.
Why is it called 28nm? It's immersion, so it should be capable of 14nm and even 7nm nodes right?
May I know more about the name 28nm ?
Can it be use in 14nm or 7nm processes ?
More likely, Xiaomi will be buying chips from SMIC and other Chinese chip manufacturers. There is no going back to reliance on the United States, the West, and US allied states for anything. Everything beginning from the smelting of silicon and other semiconductor ores, through production of photoresists and the making of equipment that can undertake EUV lithography and the metrological instruments will be made in China to qualities comparable to that anywhere else in the world. If China gives market to foreigners, China will show them that China possess the means to immediately replace them.
I want to know IF Huawei will sell their Kirin 9000's as a replacement? Xiaomi and BBK don't have the ability to design chip yet, so maybe a stop gap option until they were able to do so. It will be a win win for all as Huawei graduated to a much lower node by by designing a chip based on SMIC N+3 tech development. It is a natural progression for Hisilicon and SMIC as they both want to reduce the gap from the tech leader Apple and TSMC.
I think that you should have a posting that informs people of the basics of IC chip manufacturing starting from smelting of silicon ores such as silica, through ingot growing and unto the nitty gritty of the use of photomasks, different types of metrological instruments, and what the process of etching, ion implantation, vapour deposition, and photolithography are in a concise sequential manner. Also a succint explanation of SSMB and particle accelerators.
Does SDF have a threadmark system for important posts? The thread is long enough that it is probably worth marking them down.
Might be the Chinese mobile manufacturers will get the same deal as Samsung. Samsung usually releases two versions of their galaxy phones. One with their own chip exynos and one with Qualcomm chipset in it. If i'm not mistaken the US always get the Qualcomm chipset, i wonder why maybe some NSA and shit
. But we Europoor get the Exynos chipset so maybe Chinese mobile brands will have to adept Qualcomm to enter the US market. The Europe region is just a free for all you can ship your own chipset or Qualcomm.It might take minor changes to the machine to make it viable for 14nm and 7nm. Like further increasing the power of the light source. The 7nm node uses multiple exposures, so it would be helpful if the machine could finish those exposures more quickly. Some of the pieces might also need to be more accurate.
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