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And no single US company is able to make 7nm yet, not even the most advanced Intel
And no single US company is able to make 7nm yet, not even the most advanced Intel
Intel was under Indian management during the era of decline^decline.
There are some accessible and half decent summary case studies on Intel's decline via management blunders.
Though much of the focus is on Quantum i.e.
However Neuromorphic is also important, particularly for AI. Recently Chinese scientists made a roadmap delineating the advances in neuromorphic systems in China, and where China is at in this world-defying paradigm. []
The key takeaways from the paper -
Quantum Sensing/Metrology (information collection)
Quantum Computing (information processing)
Quantum Communication (information transport)
Quantum Computing (information processing)
Quantum Communication (information transport)
However Neuromorphic is also important, particularly for AI. Recently Chinese scientists made a roadmap delineating the advances in neuromorphic systems in China, and where China is at in this world-defying paradigm. []
The key takeaways from the paper -
- Neuromorphic computing with memristors may replace CMOS
- Challenges are mainly in the growth of wafer-scale 2D materials for memristors and control of electrical & thermal properties
- Thin film deposition equipments are critical
- metal-oxide memristors are pivotal for next-gen supercomputer and cloud computing
- Neuromorphic phase-change RAM has superior power consumption and inference accuracy than flash memory
- Transistor-based synapses key for AI Hardware.
- Core materials - 2D materials like graphene, topological insulator, perovskites, carbon nanotube, electrolyte and ferroelectric insulator, hydrogels, conductive polymer
- EDA softwares are critical
- Neuromorphic analog/mixed-signal SoCs ~10x efficient. Leading teams China [Tsinghua & Alibaba] America [MIT, Stanford, Princeton and Google] Korea [KAIST] Taiwan [TSMC & National Tsinghua]
- Neuromorphic SoC race - China [Tsinghua, Zhejiang University and Synsense] America [IBM & Intel]
- Synsense [] is jointly headquartered in China and Switzerland. One of the co-founder is Chinese, studied undergrad at Xi'an Jiaotong & PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences. R&D Labs - Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu and Zurich. Current leader in neuromorphic SoC.
Can you link to these. Thanks
China's new quantum satellite now operational
The Lijian-1 carrier rocket lifts off on July 27, 2022. /CMG
A Chinese micro-nano quantum satellite has entered its planned orbit and is now operational, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), one of its developers, said on Thursday.
It was launched atop a Lijian-1 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday.
The low-orbit satellite was designed to conduct real-time quantum key distribution experiments between the satellite and ground station and to carry out technical verification.
The new micro-nano satellite's weight is about one-sixth the weight of the world's first quantum satellite, the Chinese satellite Micius, which weighs more than 600 kilograms, according to the USTC.
The university said that, based on the quantum technology first seen in Micius, it is clear that more low-cost quantum satellites are needed to realize an efficient, practical and global quantum communication network that can meet the increasing user demand.
The new satellite was jointly developed by Chinese universities and institutions such as the USTC, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology.
Its launch and in-orbit operations are expected to aid the country's quantum communication development and promote the improvement of national information security.
China's top defense engineer Qian Qihu wins highest military honor
Qian Qihu, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the winner of the August 1 Medal. /CFP
China's top defense engineering expert Qian Qihu has been awarded this year the August 1 Medal – the highest military honor in the country – for his outstanding contributions to national defense infrastructure.
Born in October 1937 in Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu Province, Qian has spent over 60 years studying protection engineering, helping China to build an indestructible "Underground Steel Great Wall."
"The Great Wall used to resist invasions. Now we are talking about the underground Great Wall, not above the ground, but underneath," he explained. If the ground structures are destroyed, the underground "cities" can provide shelter and store the basic supplies needed for survival.
Since the 1960s, Qian has begun to study protection against nuclear bomb explosions. He has devoted more than half a century to the study and made major contributions to building a series of defense facilities located deep inside mountains.
For example, in the 1980s, the world's military powers started to develop new types of ground-penetrating bombs and nuclear bombs. Qian has therefore overcome a series of key technical problems to realize the development of protection engineering.
Qian also planned underground spaces for more than 20 key fortified cities, providing reliable foundations for China's future cities. He proposed and realized the defensive requirements in the construction of subways across the country.
Not only defensive infrastructure, but also many national projects that already play a key part in Chinese people's life have links to Qian's work, including the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and the giant South-to-North Water Transfer Project.
In the early 1980s, China's research in deep rock mechanics was nearly 10 years behind than abroad. As a latecomer, Qian led the team to catch up and proposed 16 key technical solutions to solve dozens of problems that had plagued the sector for many years.
In 2009, Qian voluntarily gave up his chance to be nominated as the president of the International Society for Rock Mechanics and recommended Feng Xiating, a then young scholar, who has become the only Chinese expert among presidents of the society.
Qian, 85 years old, is an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is also the winner of the country's top science award, the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award in 2018.
The academician donated the entire award bonus to help poor children receive education, which totaled 8 million yuan ($1.17 million). During his childhood, Qian experienced wartime and poverty, which has influenced his frugal lifestyle.
@antiterror13 Sir I've had an impression that when Intel launch their 7nm , the US will ease the pressure. The reason for additional restriction is more of an optic. China beat us with one hand tie at his back, Its embarrassing. What more IF China produce a 5nm chip ahead of TSMC Arizona FAB and of Samsung FAB in the US, they will scream bloody murder...lol and for me the good news is SMIC are able to escape punishment and survive with ASML pushing back against more restriction, the American seems to have grudgingly accept the inevitable and had move on.And no single US company is able to make 7nm yet, not even the most advanced Intel
China’s first self-developed adiponitrile enters industrial production, a milestone in resolving ‘bottleneck’ technology and securing supply chains
By Global Times Published: Aug 01, 2022 11:07 AM
China's first self-developed adiponitrile enters industrial production in Zibo, East China's Shandong Province on Sunday, marking a historic milestone in the nation's resolving of the "bottleneck" technology in high-end polyamide new material industrial chain, while making it possible for the future reduction of overreliance on foreign suppliers.
The launch of operations for the first-phase of the project is expected to break the foreign monopoly in the corresponding production technology concerning adiponitrile, which is essential for a wide range of advanced manufacturing, including the automobile engines, aerospace and other engineering and construction sectors, as China drives forward a technology upgrade and secures supply chains amid rising global volatility.
The new material project, developed by the China National Chemical Engineering Group (CNCEC), is set to break the foreign monopoly on the commodity while securing the supply chain for the new material, which is essential for manufacture of advanced equipment including the automobile engines, electrical appliances, car body, high-speed rail, as well as turbines on large ships, according to media reports.
Adiponitrile is the core raw material used in the production of nylon 66 which is the key material that is widely used in automobile, aerospace and other engineering and construction sectors. Nylon 66 is also frequently used in high-end clothing.
The project was invested in and built by CNCEC, first entering construction in Zibo in May 2020, with the first phase covering 1,800 mu (119.88 hectares). The new material project is able to use butadiene as its main raw material to produce 200,000 tons of adiponitrile and some other related new material products per year.
Moreover, its completion is expected to drive the advancement of the domestic nylon 66 industrial chain and the formation of a new material industry cluster with a total output value surpassing 100 billion yuan ($14.82 billion), according to media report.
This important material for technology advancement and commercialization has been monopolized by few foreign monopolies in production, making the supply often insufficient or costly.
In recent years, the "force majeure events" issued by foreign adiponitrile producers led to production halting from time to time resulting in costly interruptions in the supply of essential inputs.
For example, in March last year, Ascend and Invista, the world's dominant producers of Nylon 66 polymers and fibers, announced the reduction of supply capacity due to equipment damage caused by severe weather and power outages in Texas. The two US suppliers produce adiponitrile, the front-end material for nylon 66, with an estimated combined market share of over 60 percent.
This has led to extremely tight supply of nylon 66, and the market price has more than doubled, rising from less than 20,000 yuan per ton to 50,000 yuan per ton in a very short period of time, with domestic downstream related enterprises facing losses, while most of the generated premiums are enjoyed by foreign companies.
In order to ensure the adequate and reliable supply of adiponitrile, its localized production with self-developed technology and a stable supply chain has always been viewed as a priority, and has been listed as a major scientific and technological research project by the Chinese central government.
Since 2011, CNCEC has carried out a large number of research experiments, and has continuously consolidated its experience to develop the technology that has paved the way for local adiponitrile production with independent intellectual property rights.
