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Recently read an analysis that Phytium was blocked from using US chips because it was designing hypersonic missiles for the PLA.

One poster mentioned that military equipment does not require cutting edge node, but the designing itself does.

Is this true? If so it would be a pretty big disadvantage to China, since domestic tech is still only at 28nm
we aren't talking about scale here. plenty of profit for smugglers for sure
 

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Huawei's Wuhan chip factory enters trial production and will realize full autonomy from chip design to packaging and testing
椰子小贝壳*暖暖春日 昨天 16:48 字数 183

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The data shows that the Wuhan Huawei Optical Factory project is located in the center of Wuhan Optics Valley, with a total construction area of up to 208,900 square meters. The construction content includes FAB production plant, CUB power station, PMD software factory and a series of supporting facilities. The factory is by far the largest R&D base of Huawei in central my country. The focus of the factory is mainly on cutting-edge technologies such as the optical capability center and the intelligent terminal R&D center.

According to related news, after the completion of this project, it will become Huawei’s first chip factory in China and start production (the main function is to produce its self-developed communication chips and modules for Huawei), and it will be launched soon. To a large extent, it helps Huawei realize its vision of building a smart world with all things connected. It will enable Huawei to truly realize a complete industrial chain from design to manufacturing, packaging and testing, and conversion to the consumer market.

It is gratifying that the factory will be managed by a Chinese R&D company headquartered in Shanghai directly on behalf of Huawei, and will not use any technology from the United States! According to related plans, the factory will start producing 45nm process chipsets at the end of 2021, and will use 28nm lithography technology to complete. If the development reaches expectations, it will also achieve a process below 20nm in 2022 to manufacture genuine domestic chips dedicated to Huawei's telecommunications department.

As a leader in the global communications equipment market, Huawei has set its sights on the deployment of optical chips for core devices in the optical communications field at the beginning of its establishment. From 2012 Huawei acquired CIP Photonics Integration from the United Kingdom, and then in 2013 Huawei acquired the Belgian silicon optical technology developer Caliopa. It can be seen that Huawei's long-term layout for entering the optical communication chip market. Up to now, Huawei has invested in optical communication chips and other aspects for six years, and has now achieved independent research and development and production of some products. Especially in many fields such as optical chips (including 25G EML), modulators, silicon photonics (SiP), DSP, etc., they have reached the technical capabilities for self-production. In addition, Huawei has also mastered the world's most advanced 800G optical chip related technology.

As the United States continues to increase its "suppression" on Chinese technology companies, domestic technology companies are struggling to advance. In particular, Huawei's recent actions are more awe-inspiring, according to the information in the prospectus announced by Huawei. Before the end of June 2019, Huawei announced as many as 5 projects under construction, including Gui'an's Huawei Cloud Data Center Project, Huawei Gangtou Talent Apartment Project, Huawei's Suzhou R&D Project, and Huawei's Songshan Lake Terminal The second phase of the project and the Songshan Lake Huawei Training Academy. The planned projects are: Shanghai Qingpu R&D and Wuhan Haisi Factory Project (that is, the project of Wuhan Huawei Optical Factory). The total investment of these two projects is as high as 10.985 billion yuan. And 1.8 billion yuan.


华为武汉芯片工厂进入产线调试,将实现芯片从设计到封测全自主
椰子小贝壳*暖暖春日 昨天 16:48 字数 183

数据显示,武汉华为光工厂项目地处武汉光谷的中心部位,总建筑面积高达20.89万平方米,建设的内容包括FAB生产厂房、CUB动力站、PMD软件工厂及其一系列的配套设施。该工厂是迄今为止华为在我国中部地区最大的研发基地,该工厂的重点主要放在光能力中心、智能终端研发中心等前沿科技等方面。

据相关的消息得知,此项目建成之后,将会成为华为国内的第一个芯片厂房并开始投入生产(主要职能就是为华为生产其自研的通信芯片及其模组),并将在很大程度上助力华为实现自己构建万物互联智能世界的愿景。将让华为真正的实现芯片从设计到制造、封装测试以及转化到消费市场的一套完整的产业链。

令人感到欣慰的是,该工厂将会由我国一家总部设在上海的研发公司直接代表华为来进行管理,并且也不会使用任何来自美国的技术!按照相关的计划,该工厂将会在2021年的年底开始生产45nm制程的芯片组,并且将会采用28 nm的光刻技术来完成。发展达到预期的话,还将在2022年实现20nm以下的工艺,制造专门服务于华为旗下电信部门的真正的国产芯片。

华为作为全球通信设备市场的佼佼者,其在创立之初就已经将眼光放在,布局光通信领域核心器件的光芯片上。从2012华为收购来自英国的CIP光子集成公司,再到2013年华为收购比利时硅光技术开发商Caliopa公司。均可以看出华为对于进入了光通信芯片市场的长远布局。到现在为止,华为对光通信芯片等方面的投入已经有六年之久,并且到现在已经实现了部分产品的自主研发和生产。特别是在光芯片(包含25G EML)、调制器、硅光(SiP)、DSP等许多领域都已经达到了自产用的技术能力。除此之外,华为也掌握了当前全球最为先进的800G光芯片的相关技术。

随着美国对我国科技企业不断加大“打压”力度,我国的科技企业都在奋力前进。尤其是华为的近期行动更值得让人敬畏,按照之前华为公布的募集说明书上的消息得知。在2019年的6月底之前,华为对外公布的在建工程就高达5项,其中就包含贵安的华为云数据中心项目、华为岗头人才公寓项目、华为的苏州研发项目以及华为的松山湖终端项目二期和松山湖华为培训学院等,计划在建的项目为:上海青浦研发、武汉海思工厂项目(也就是武汉华为光工厂的项目),这两个项目的总投资分别高达109.85亿元和18亿元。

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SMEE has DUV litography 28mm, why doesnt HUAWEI try to build 14nm now?
 

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UK government to examine Nvidia’s $40bn Arm deal​

Culture secretary Oliver Dowden cites national security grounds for looking at the takeover

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The UK has opened a formal investigation into Nvidia's planned $40bn takeover of Arm, the British chip designer, after the government said the deal could create national security concerns.
Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, said he had written to the Competition and Markets Authority to inform them of his decision and had instructed them to begin a “phase one” investigation to assess the transaction, which was first announced in September.
The competition regulator will prepare a report by the end of July with advice on jurisdictional and competition issues, as well as a summary of potential national security concerns. Then Dowden could clear the acquisition, approve it with certain conditions or launch a more detailed inquiry.
The deal raises potential security concerns because semiconductors underpin defence-related technologies.
“Following careful consideration of the proposed takeover of Arm, I have today issued an intervention notice on national security grounds,” said Dowden. “We want to support our thriving UK tech industry and welcome foreign investment, but it is appropriate that we properly consider the national security implications of a transaction like this.”
However lawyers said the government’s decision to call in the deal between Arm and Nvidia was also a sign of an increasing focus on industrial strategy and the protection of British national interests.
 
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Huawei's Wuhan chip factory enters trial production and will realize full autonomy from chip design to packaging and testing
椰子小贝壳*暖暖春日 昨天 16:48 字数 183

9MM1v7b.jpg


The data shows that the Wuhan Huawei Optical Factory project is located in the center of Wuhan Optics Valley, with a total construction area of up to 208,900 square meters. The construction content includes FAB production plant, CUB power station, PMD software factory and a series of supporting facilities. The factory is by far the largest R&D base of Huawei in central my country. The focus of the factory is mainly on cutting-edge technologies such as the optical capability center and the intelligent terminal R&D center.

According to related news, after the completion of this project, it will become Huawei’s first chip factory in China and start production (the main function is to produce its self-developed communication chips and modules for Huawei), and it will be launched soon. To a large extent, it helps Huawei realize its vision of building a smart world with all things connected. It will enable Huawei to truly realize a complete industrial chain from design to manufacturing, packaging and testing, and conversion to the consumer market.

It is gratifying that the factory will be managed by a Chinese R&D company headquartered in Shanghai directly on behalf of Huawei, and will not use any technology from the United States! According to related plans, the factory will start producing 45nm process chipsets at the end of 2021, and will use 28nm lithography technology to complete. If the development reaches expectations, it will also achieve a process below 20nm in 2022 to manufacture genuine domestic chips dedicated to Huawei's telecommunications department.

As a leader in the global communications equipment market, Huawei has set its sights on the deployment of optical chips for core devices in the optical communications field at the beginning of its establishment. From 2012 Huawei acquired CIP Photonics Integration from the United Kingdom, and then in 2013 Huawei acquired the Belgian silicon optical technology developer Caliopa. It can be seen that Huawei's long-term layout for entering the optical communication chip market. Up to now, Huawei has invested in optical communication chips and other aspects for six years, and has now achieved independent research and development and production of some products. Especially in many fields such as optical chips (including 25G EML), modulators, silicon photonics (SiP), DSP, etc., they have reached the technical capabilities for self-production. In addition, Huawei has also mastered the world's most advanced 800G optical chip related technology.

As the United States continues to increase its "suppression" on Chinese technology companies, domestic technology companies are struggling to advance. In particular, Huawei's recent actions are more awe-inspiring, according to the information in the prospectus announced by Huawei. Before the end of June 2019, Huawei announced as many as 5 projects under construction, including Gui'an's Huawei Cloud Data Center Project, Huawei Gangtou Talent Apartment Project, Huawei's Suzhou R&D Project, and Huawei's Songshan Lake Terminal The second phase of the project and the Songshan Lake Huawei Training Academy. The planned projects are: Shanghai Qingpu R&D and Wuhan Haisi Factory Project (that is, the project of Wuhan Huawei Optical Factory). The total investment of these two projects is as high as 10.985 billion yuan. And 1.8 billion yuan.


华为武汉芯片工厂进入产线调试,将实现芯片从设计到封测全自主
椰子小贝壳*暖暖春日 昨天 16:48 字数 183

数据显示,武汉华为光工厂项目地处武汉光谷的中心部位,总建筑面积高达20.89万平方米,建设的内容包括FAB生产厂房、CUB动力站、PMD软件工厂及其一系列的配套设施。该工厂是迄今为止华为在我国中部地区最大的研发基地,该工厂的重点主要放在光能力中心、智能终端研发中心等前沿科技等方面。

据相关的消息得知,此项目建成之后,将会成为华为国内的第一个芯片厂房并开始投入生产(主要职能就是为华为生产其自研的通信芯片及其模组),并将在很大程度上助力华为实现自己构建万物互联智能世界的愿景。将让华为真正的实现芯片从设计到制造、封装测试以及转化到消费市场的一套完整的产业链。

令人感到欣慰的是,该工厂将会由我国一家总部设在上海的研发公司直接代表华为来进行管理,并且也不会使用任何来自美国的技术!按照相关的计划,该工厂将会在2021年的年底开始生产45nm制程的芯片组,并且将会采用28 nm的光刻技术来完成。发展达到预期的话,还将在2022年实现20nm以下的工艺,制造专门服务于华为旗下电信部门的真正的国产芯片。

华为作为全球通信设备市场的佼佼者,其在创立之初就已经将眼光放在,布局光通信领域核心器件的光芯片上。从2012华为收购来自英国的CIP光子集成公司,再到2013年华为收购比利时硅光技术开发商Caliopa公司。均可以看出华为对于进入了光通信芯片市场的长远布局。到现在为止,华为对光通信芯片等方面的投入已经有六年之久,并且到现在已经实现了部分产品的自主研发和生产。特别是在光芯片(包含25G EML)、调制器、硅光(SiP)、DSP等许多领域都已经达到了自产用的技术能力。除此之外,华为也掌握了当前全球最为先进的800G光芯片的相关技术。

随着美国对我国科技企业不断加大“打压”力度,我国的科技企业都在奋力前进。尤其是华为的近期行动更值得让人敬畏,按照之前华为公布的募集说明书上的消息得知。在2019年的6月底之前,华为对外公布的在建工程就高达5项,其中就包含贵安的华为云数据中心项目、华为岗头人才公寓项目、华为的苏州研发项目以及华为的松山湖终端项目二期和松山湖华为培训学院等,计划在建的项目为:上海青浦研发、武汉海思工厂项目(也就是武汉华为光工厂的项目),这两个项目的总投资分别高达109.85亿元和18亿元。

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Seems to confirm @WTAN 's predictions, if I'm not mistaken.
 

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So I remember a few pages ago people were questioning the purpose for Huawei to keep designing new Kirin even though no one will fab them at least for now. You don't want to experience this


Maybe that's because of inadequate Knowledge Management, lack of documentation because of espionage paranoid, using too much contractors(?). Who knows?
 

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SMEE has DUV litography 28mm, why doesnt HUAWEI try to build 14nm now?

For one those SMEE machines are not suitable for 14nm manufacture. That machine should come out in a year or two.
For another the 14nm process requires FinFET transitors to be designed and might require other materials and processes to be used.
As far as I know only SMIC has the capability to manufacture 14nm in China currently so I doubt Huawei's partner can do it yet.
 

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Seems Taiwan's semicon industry face multiple massive problems. Geopolitics, China, Currency manipulator abd and now environment. The latter already shows strain now. If they can't solve it then their expansion will be constrained.
 
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