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ansy1968

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Both SMIC and Amec are fastracked in their fund raising scheme. with money in the koffe thay should have no problem building FAB for 14 nm chip
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China's top chip maker SMIC gets fast-track approval for US$2.82 billion fundraising plan to bolster capital in global tech war
Daniel Ren in Shanghai [email protected]
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June 19, 2020, 9:30 AM UTC

China has fast-tracked the
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process for the nation's largest chip maker on its domestic Nasdaq-style board, underpinning the state support for home-grown champions in the technology war with the US.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange on Friday approved a plan by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to raise 20 billion yuan (US$2.82 billion) on its fledgling Star Market to help develop a new chip and replenish capital.

The greenlight came 18 days after the company submitted its plan, making it the fastest approval process since the Shanghai exchange was established in 1990.
"It is of great significance to the Star Market because another domestic
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will get listed here," said Yin Zhiyao, founder and chief executive of chip maker Amec. "As a fundraising platform for technology companies, it will play a bigger role in supporting China's technological development."
Amec was among the first batch of debutants when the Star Market for technology companies was launched on July 22 last year. The board itself came to being at a record speed of about eight months at the behest of President Xi Jinping.


Beijing is looking to stay ahead in the technology race as the US steps up efforts to curb China's ascendancy in the industry, leading to a long-running spat covering trade, intellectual property and national security.
Those efforts included a new law barring chip makers using equipment produced by American companies from supplying parts to Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies.
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China itself has moved to offer tax breaks, ease stock market listing requirements and provide funding to home-grown chip producers to ensure the industry's self-sufficiency.
SMIC
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from the New York Stock Exchange a year ago. Last month, it received US$2.25 billion of investments from several state-owned investors to bolster its capital.
"With the country's top chip maker becoming a member of the board, the Star Market is playing an increasing role in pushing ahead with China's technology advancement," said Ding Haifeng, a consultant with Shanghai-based financial advisory firm Integrity.

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hi Hendrik_2000

GREAT NEWS, I hope the MOD open the tread on CHINA SEMICONDUCTOR again, keep giving us the good news Hendrik_2000.
 

Mt1701d

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It won't be soon. From the looks of it, the prototype is not anywhere near the form of a 600km/h beast.

I know I am just hopeful, Tbh I am not too bothered whether it’s the Chinese version (tho leaning more on the Chinese version) or the Japanese version but I want to ride a 600kph train!
 

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Huawei is cooperating with Russia in 5G and cloud computing, investing in U.S.-sanctioned Russian bank, and increased its research personnel in Russia.
Huawei’s courtship of Moscow leaves west in the cold
US and EU sanctions against the Chinese telecoms group have bolstered Sino-Russian co-operation

There are four factors playing into Huawei’s hands in Russia. The first is money. Russian mobile operators have long been attracted by Huawei’s technology, which is on a par with European vendors but offered at lower cost, thanks to Beijing’s financial support.

However, Huawei’s attraction to Russia is not just about economics; it is also about national security. The Kremlin acknowledges that Russia is unable to produce quality 5G hardware on its own, and therefore needs to buy it from either Huawei or the west.

So the Kremlin’s rationale for selecting Huawei is straightforward: “We’re either going to be bugged by the US or by China, so we need to choose the lesser evil,” as one government insider told me. “Since the Americans are sanctioning us while the Chinese are helping us, the choice is obvious.”

Another point of concern for the Kremlin is who controls the “killer switch”. Russian security fears that the Pentagon might force western vendors to knock out Russian 5G networks, potentially unleashing political and economic chaos, and even regime change.

Another point of concern for the Kremlin is who controls the “killer switch”. Russian security fears that the Pentagon might force western vendors to knock out Russian 5G networks, potentially unleashing political and economic chaos, and even regime change.

Again, China appears to be the lesser evil. No one in Moscow loses sleep worrying that Beijing might try to topple Vladimir Putin’s government. To be on the safe side, the Kremlin is also taking steps to ensure that communication systems used by the military and security officials are locally produced.
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Alongside all this, Huawei’s is running a sophisticated public relations strategy to win Moscow’s trust. Even as Donald Trump’s administration has pushed Huawei out of partnerships with western research institutions, the Chinese company has quadrupled its research and development personnel in Russia to 2,000 employees. Huawei portrays this as support for the Kremlin’s mission to stop Russia’s brain drain and foster innovation.

Huawei is also building alliances with local power brokers. In March, the company dropped a $30m investment that would have marketed cloud solutions under Huawei’s own brand in Russia, and instead partnered with a cloud platform run by Sberbank, Russia’s biggest state-owned bank.

Huawei thus cunningly exploited US sanctions against Sberbank that have discouraged US tech giants from partnering with it. Instead, Huawei technology will become Sbercloud’s backbone, enabling the Chinese company to hitch its wagon to Sberbank’s extensive client base and the influence of chief executive Herman Gref, a longtime Putin confidant.
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Huawei to be allowed to build new R&D facility in UK: report
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Huawei is cooperating with Russia in 5G and cloud computing, investing in U.S.-sanctioned Russian bank, and increased its research personnel in Russia.

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Does not look to me Huawei is that smart or cunning in making those moves. It is more like Europe being totally stupid and lack of backbone in pushing Russian into the arms of Huawei.
 
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Not really a new technological development, but an update I guess.
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hi SoupDumplings

A follow up news also from cntechpost


Analyst expects Yangtze Memory market share to reach 5% by year-end
2020-06-22 20:45:12 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Analyst expects Yangtze Memory market share to reach 5% by year-end-cnTechPost

On June 20, Tsinghua Unigroup announced that the second phase of the
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project implemented by Yangtze Memory has begun construction in Wuhan.

The project has a planned production capacity of 200,000 wafers per month, and will have a combined capacity of 300,000 wafers per month with the first phase of the project.

The first phase of Yangtze Memory has a planned monthly production capacity of 100,000 wafers and is scheduled to reach full capacity by the end of 2020, by which time Southwest Securities expects Yangtze Memory's global market share to be around 5%.
Here is what Southwest Securities had to say on the matter:
Yangtze Memory is one of the largest investment and most technologically advanced memory fabs in China, accelerating its efforts to catch up with foreign manufacturers in technology breakthroughs and capacity expansion.


The Yangtze Memory National Memory Project started construction in late 2016 with a total investment of US$24 billion.
It is building the 3DNAND flash memory fab in two phases, with the first phase focused on achieving technology breakthroughs and building out a 100,000 wafer per month capacity.

2018 Yangtze Memory breakthrough in 32-layer 3D flash memory technology, with a gap of 3-4 years from abroad.
2019 Yangtze Memory to achieve 64-layer technology mass production, narrowing the gap with foreign countries to 2 years.


In April, Yangtze Memory announced the successful development of its 128-layer QLC 3D flash memory, which has been validated on a number of host manufacturers' SSDs and other terminals.

If mass production of 128 layers is achieved by the end of the year, the technology gap between Yangtze Memory and Samsung, Hynix, Micron, and other foreign vendors will be narrowed to one year, and the first phase of the technological breakthrough has almost been completed.
Yangtze Memory's Phase II project will further increase its global market share by doubling its production capacity.

The global flash memory market is highly concentrated and monopolized by foreign companies, with a monthly production capacity of about 1.3 million pieces by the end of 2019.
The first phase of Yangtze Memory is planned to have a monthly production capacity of 100,000 wafers, which will reach full capacity by the end of 2020, and considering the expansion of foreign manufacturers, Yangtze Memory's global market share will reach about 5% at that time.

The second phase of the project will have an additional capacity of 200,000 wafers, bringing the total capacity of Yangtze Memory to 300,000 wafers upon completion.
Yangtze Memory plans to produce one million wafers per month by 2030, further increasing its global market share.


Only a few local companies, such as Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, have entered TSMC's production line, as it is a long and complicated path for the latest equipment from local manufacturers to be validated at advanced wafer fabs overseas.

Only a few local fabs, such as Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, have entered TSMC's production line. Due to U.S. technology regulations, Chinese advanced fabs, such as Yangtze Memory, and local fabs are strengthening cooperation to achieve win-win situation.
NAURA Technology Group Co Ltd oxidation/annealing equipment market share in Yangtze Memory is 64%/26%, and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment dielectric etching equipment market share increased from 12% in 2017 to 22% in 20Q1.
According to our estimates, the interval between the start of fab construction and equipment bidding is between 6 months and 1 year, and the capacity of the second phase of the project is twice as much as the first phase planned.
 

ansy1968

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hi SoupDumplings

A follow up news also from cntechpost


Analyst expects Yangtze Memory market share to reach 5% by year-end
2020-06-22 20:45:12 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Analyst expects Yangtze Memory market share to reach 5% by year-end-cnTechPost

On June 20, Tsinghua Unigroup announced that the second phase of the
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project implemented by Yangtze Memory has begun construction in Wuhan.

The project has a planned production capacity of 200,000 wafers per month, and will have a combined capacity of 300,000 wafers per month with the first phase of the project.

The first phase of Yangtze Memory has a planned monthly production capacity of 100,000 wafers and is scheduled to reach full capacity by the end of 2020, by which time Southwest Securities expects Yangtze Memory's global market share to be around 5%.
Here is what Southwest Securities had to say on the matter:
Yangtze Memory is one of the largest investment and most technologically advanced memory fabs in China, accelerating its efforts to catch up with foreign manufacturers in technology breakthroughs and capacity expansion.


The Yangtze Memory National Memory Project started construction in late 2016 with a total investment of US$24 billion.
It is building the 3DNAND flash memory fab in two phases, with the first phase focused on achieving technology breakthroughs and building out a 100,000 wafer per month capacity.

2018 Yangtze Memory breakthrough in 32-layer 3D flash memory technology, with a gap of 3-4 years from abroad.
2019 Yangtze Memory to achieve 64-layer technology mass production, narrowing the gap with foreign countries to 2 years.


In April, Yangtze Memory announced the successful development of its 128-layer QLC 3D flash memory, which has been validated on a number of host manufacturers' SSDs and other terminals.

If mass production of 128 layers is achieved by the end of the year, the technology gap between Yangtze Memory and Samsung, Hynix, Micron, and other foreign vendors will be narrowed to one year, and the first phase of the technological breakthrough has almost been completed.
Yangtze Memory's Phase II project will further increase its global market share by doubling its production capacity.

The global flash memory market is highly concentrated and monopolized by foreign companies, with a monthly production capacity of about 1.3 million pieces by the end of 2019.
The first phase of Yangtze Memory is planned to have a monthly production capacity of 100,000 wafers, which will reach full capacity by the end of 2020, and considering the expansion of foreign manufacturers, Yangtze Memory's global market share will reach about 5% at that time.

The second phase of the project will have an additional capacity of 200,000 wafers, bringing the total capacity of Yangtze Memory to 300,000 wafers upon completion.
Yangtze Memory plans to produce one million wafers per month by 2030, further increasing its global market share.


Only a few local companies, such as Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, have entered TSMC's production line, as it is a long and complicated path for the latest equipment from local manufacturers to be validated at advanced wafer fabs overseas.

Only a few local fabs, such as Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, have entered TSMC's production line. Due to U.S. technology regulations, Chinese advanced fabs, such as Yangtze Memory, and local fabs are strengthening cooperation to achieve win-win situation.
NAURA Technology Group Co Ltd oxidation/annealing equipment market share in Yangtze Memory is 64%/26%, and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment dielectric etching equipment market share increased from 12% in 2017 to 22% in 20Q1.
According to our estimates, the interval between the start of fab construction and equipment bidding is between 6 months and 1 year, and the capacity of the second phase of the project is twice as much as the first phase planned.

The great thing is it is using DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING FAB for its expansion

he second phase of the project will have an additional capacity of 200,000 wafers, bringing the total capacity of Yangtze Memory to 300,000 wafers upon completion.
Yangtze Memory plans to produce one million wafers per month by 2030, further increasing its global market share.


Only a few local companies, such as Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, have entered TSMC's production line, as it is a long and complicated path for the latest equipment from local manufacturers to be validated at advanced wafer fabs overseas.

Only a few local fabs, such as Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, have entered TSMC's production line. Due to U.S. technology regulations, Chinese advanced fabs, such as Yangtze Memory, and local fabs are strengthening cooperation to achieve win-win situation.
NAURA Technology Group Co Ltd oxidation/annealing equipment market share in Yangtze Memory is 64%/26%, and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment dielectric etching equipment market share increased from 12% in 2017 to 22% in 20Q1.
According to our estimates, the interval between the start of fab construction and equipment bidding is between 6 months and 1 year, and the capacity of the second phase of the project is twice as much as the first phase planned.
 
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