Well no despair trust in Chinese ingenuity and perseverance. Come on the ban is only 1 or 2 years old this is not a sprint match more like marathon Here is a video that explain the recent situation in China semi. It is devoid of bombast and speculation But Shangha Tianshu Xisin company claim to build 7 nm chip. As important as SoC there are other segment of chip that is even more important such as AI or neural chip
Hello everyone, this is The Developing China. Welcome to our Channel. Today, we will discuss the topic about "China Unveils Its First 7nm Chip!". Seven months after the US government imposed restrictions on SMIC International Corporation, China's largest pure foundry company, the Chinese semiconductor industry began to find a foothold in the new global market reality. Although effectively excluded from the latest semiconductor manufacturing tools needed to catch up with global leaders such as TSMC, But major Chinese chip manufacturers, including SMIC, continue to develop 14-nm and 12-nm process nodes based on FinFET technology, using mature deep ultraviolet lithography toolsets and processes, which constitute most of semiconductor production today. SMIC sees an opportunity to focus on these mature silicon processes, which can increase production and thus have a greater impact on its bottom line. In fact,
Zhao Haijun, co-CEO of the company, once said that based on the positive feedback from customers on its 14nm process capability, SMIC has decided to increase its expenditure by $1.1 billion to $4.3 billion to meet the demand for chips in communication and automotive applications. We expect that by 2022, China will be completely self-reliant in 14nm technology. Elsewhere in China's semiconductor industry, registrations of new homegrown semiconductor companies have tripled since early 2021, potentially creating a healthy domestic market for chip-making services such as SMIC, the South China Morning Post reported.
China's semiconductor industry is largely driven by the government, which is pushing China to become self-sufficient in silicon production that year. This goal has suffered a great setback due to US sanctions restricting US technology exports to Chinese companies, but we believe that Chinese industries still have the ability to produce chipsets based on more mature process nodes. Although cutting-edge processes are used to produce complex silicon needed for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence, the global market demand for chips based on mature silicon processes remains strong. For example, the shortage of semiconductors hindering the automobile industry is mainly due to the lack of mature silicon processing capacity, because many old fabs retired early at the beginning of the epidemic. We believe that about half of the global semiconductor expenditure goes to mature process chips, so with or without government support, China's ability to create a dynamic and healthy semiconductor industry is still a very obvious possibility.
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