Yep. And now also facemasks. Tech companies like Tencent and Alibaba sort of are diversified as well but they don't do much manufacturing.
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Yep. And now also facemasks. Tech companies like Tencent and Alibaba sort of are diversified as well but they don't do much manufacturing.
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Chinese firm unveils BeiDou III-enabled high-precision navigation and positioning chip
2020-07-14 19:38:05 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Navigation positioning chip is the core of the BeiDou navigation industry chain. Recently, Chinese company Mengxin Technology launched the MXT907AM, a low-cost, single-frequency RTK high-precision positioning and orientation module kit that fully supports the BeiDou III satellite signal system.
It adopts dual-antenna, single-frequency RTK directional algorithm to realize high-precision positioning and directional function.
At present, the solution has been tested and evaluated by end customers and has become one of the mainstream solutions in the 5G market.
The product can be widely used in base station orientation, ship orientation, tower attitude measurement, and other high-precision positioning orientation industries.
On June 23, BeiDou III's last global networking satellite was successfully launched, and the BeiDou 3 GNSS constellation deployment is fully completed.
The BeiDou 3 global satellite navigation system consists of the MEO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites), IGSO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites), IGSO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites) and IGSO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites).
The system consists of 24 MEO satellites, 3 IGSO satellites, and 3 GEO satellites.
Currently, BeiDou is used by more than half of the world's countries, and when the global system is completed this year, BeiDou will be available in any part of the world.
Chinese firm unveils BeiDou III-enabled high-precision navigation and positioning chip
2020-07-14 19:38:05 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Navigation positioning chip is the core of the BeiDou navigation industry chain. Recently, Chinese company Mengxin Technology launched the MXT907AM, a low-cost, single-frequency RTK high-precision positioning and orientation module kit that fully supports the BeiDou III satellite signal system.
It adopts dual-antenna, single-frequency RTK directional algorithm to realize high-precision positioning and directional function.
At present, the solution has been tested and evaluated by end customers and has become one of the mainstream solutions in the 5G market.
The product can be widely used in base station orientation, ship orientation, tower attitude measurement, and other high-precision positioning orientation industries.
On June 23, BeiDou III's last global networking satellite was successfully launched, and the BeiDou 3 GNSS constellation deployment is fully completed.
The BeiDou 3 global satellite navigation system consists of the MEO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites), IGSO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites), IGSO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites) and IGSO satellites (Earth medium circular orbit satellites).
The system consists of 24 MEO satellites, 3 IGSO satellites, and 3 GEO satellites.
Currently, BeiDou is used by more than half of the world's countries, and when the global system is completed this year, BeiDou will be available in any part of the world.
ZTE is alive and kicking, go go go!!!
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ZTE launches first 5G wireless router in South Africa
2020-07-14 19:15:25 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has launched its first 5G wireless router - the MC801A, in South Africa through cooperation with local telecom giant MTN.
ZTE said its 5G wireless router supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, allowing multiple users to access the Internet simultaneously.
In November 2019, ZTE released the 5G indoor router MC801A in China.
The MC801A supports both NSA and SA 5G networks and is compatible with both 4G and 5G mainstream standards.
It enables consumers to enjoy the benefits of ultra-fast 5G networks and a rich set of 5G services and benefits such as less congestion, less traffic, and less downtime.
ZTE is a major contributor and participant in global 5G technology research and standards development, with its leading 5G end-to-end video streaming technology.
The company has a full range of 5G end-to-end products and solutions to accelerate global 5G commercial deployments.
The company's long-standing commitment to 5G and its more than 5,000 strategic 5G deployment patents rank it No. 1 worldwide.
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ZTE launches first 5G wireless router in South Africa
2020-07-14 19:15:25 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has launched its first 5G wireless router - the MC801A, in South Africa through cooperation with local telecom giant MTN.
ZTE said its 5G wireless router supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, allowing multiple users to access the Internet simultaneously.
In November 2019, ZTE released the 5G indoor router MC801A in China.
The MC801A supports both NSA and SA 5G networks and is compatible with both 4G and 5G mainstream standards.
It enables consumers to enjoy the benefits of ultra-fast 5G networks and a rich set of 5G services and benefits such as less congestion, less traffic, and less downtime.
ZTE is a major contributor and participant in global 5G technology research and standards development, with its leading 5G end-to-end video streaming technology.
The company has a full range of 5G end-to-end products and solutions to accelerate global 5G commercial deployments.
The company's long-standing commitment to 5G and its more than 5,000 strategic 5G deployment patents rank it No. 1 worldwide.
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SMIC shares to start trading on China A-share market on July 16
2020-07-14 21:22:50 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), the biggest chipmaker on the Chinese mainland, that the company's shares will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech innovation board (STAR Market) on July 16.
SMIC's issue price is set at 27.46 yuan per share, the fund raised will be more than 30 billion yuan.
About 40 percent of the funds raised will be used to invest in the 12-inch chip SN1 project, and about 20 percent will be used as the company's advanced and mature processes. About 40% of the reserve funds for the R&D project will be used as supplementary working capital.
The carrier of SMIC's 12-inch chip SN1 project is SMIC's Southern Plant, which has a planned monthly production capacity of 35,000 wafers.
With a monthly production capacity of 6,000 wafers, it is the first FinFET production line in the Chinese mainland and is also SMIC's first 12-inch chip SN1 project. The main hosting platform for international advanced process R&D and mass production at 14nm and below.
The reserve fund for advanced and mature process R&D projects is planned for advanced processes of 14nm and below and mature processes of 28 nm and above. Process technology development.
Among them, 14nm is the most advanced wafer foundry technology process that has been mass-produced in the Chinese mainland. Processes below 14nm are still in the R&D stage.
The mature process R&D for 28 nm and above is mainly used to meet the market demand for mature process products.
The company intends to raise funds to be used to promote the construction of advanced process capacity and achieve process technology level improvement, further cultivating R&D talent in the industry.
The larger contributors to SMIC's revenue are the 0.15/0.18 micron process, 55/56 nm process, 40/ 45 nm process.
While this is not the ultimate profit, it gives a rough indication of the demand structure of SMIC's customers.
It's worth noting that SMIC's most advanced 14nm process accounts for only 1.3% even in the first quarter of 2020, with the second most advanced 14nm process accounting for only 1.3% of the total. The advanced 28nm process also accounts for only 6.5% of the total.
This shows that there is still considerable market demand for mature processes, which, although slightly behind in technology, still have considerable profitability.
Because of US restrictions, it has become extremely difficult for SMIC to introduce ASML's EUV lithography in the near future.
This makes it difficult for SMIC to step directly into the advanced process below 7nm, but SMIC has its own strategy to deal with this.
A few months back, SMIC made public for the first time the SMIC N+1 and N+2 generation processes. The N+1 process has 20% higher performance, 57% lower power consumption, 63% smaller logic area. The subsequent N+2 process will have higher performance and cost.
During the investor presentation, SMIC said that the future N+1 and N+2 processes will not use EUV technology and are expected to be It will wait until the machine is ready before switching the N+2 process to EUV technology.
SMIC Chairman Zhou Zixue also explained on July 6 that the company's current mass production and major projects under research do not need to use EUV lithography for the time being.
SMIC shares to start trading on China A-share market on July 16
2020-07-14 21:22:50 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), the biggest chipmaker on the Chinese mainland, that the company's shares will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech innovation board (STAR Market) on July 16.
SMIC's issue price is set at 27.46 yuan per share, the fund raised will be more than 30 billion yuan.
About 40 percent of the funds raised will be used to invest in the 12-inch chip SN1 project, and about 20 percent will be used as the company's advanced and mature processes. About 40% of the reserve funds for the R&D project will be used as supplementary working capital.
The carrier of SMIC's 12-inch chip SN1 project is SMIC's Southern Plant, which has a planned monthly production capacity of 35,000 wafers.
With a monthly production capacity of 6,000 wafers, it is the first FinFET production line in the Chinese mainland and is also SMIC's first 12-inch chip SN1 project. The main hosting platform for international advanced process R&D and mass production at 14nm and below.
The reserve fund for advanced and mature process R&D projects is planned for advanced processes of 14nm and below and mature processes of 28 nm and above. Process technology development.
Among them, 14nm is the most advanced wafer foundry technology process that has been mass-produced in the Chinese mainland. Processes below 14nm are still in the R&D stage.
The mature process R&D for 28 nm and above is mainly used to meet the market demand for mature process products.
The company intends to raise funds to be used to promote the construction of advanced process capacity and achieve process technology level improvement, further cultivating R&D talent in the industry.
The larger contributors to SMIC's revenue are the 0.15/0.18 micron process, 55/56 nm process, 40/ 45 nm process.
While this is not the ultimate profit, it gives a rough indication of the demand structure of SMIC's customers.
It's worth noting that SMIC's most advanced 14nm process accounts for only 1.3% even in the first quarter of 2020, with the second most advanced 14nm process accounting for only 1.3% of the total. The advanced 28nm process also accounts for only 6.5% of the total.
This shows that there is still considerable market demand for mature processes, which, although slightly behind in technology, still have considerable profitability.
Because of US restrictions, it has become extremely difficult for SMIC to introduce ASML's EUV lithography in the near future.
This makes it difficult for SMIC to step directly into the advanced process below 7nm, but SMIC has its own strategy to deal with this.
A few months back, SMIC made public for the first time the SMIC N+1 and N+2 generation processes. The N+1 process has 20% higher performance, 57% lower power consumption, 63% smaller logic area. The subsequent N+2 process will have higher performance and cost.
During the investor presentation, SMIC said that the future N+1 and N+2 processes will not use EUV technology and are expected to be It will wait until the machine is ready before switching the N+2 process to EUV technology.
SMIC Chairman Zhou Zixue also explained on July 6 that the company's current mass production and major projects under research do not need to use EUV lithography for the time being.
I suspect it had more to do with HK than the US bans, although the bans was used as an excuse. Now I wonder if huawei will pull it so 1 billion research centre in the UK. I feel they should. These countries need to see consequences in these actions. The 1 billion investment can be used in other countries.
Good article about the 'Hai Gui' (Sea Turtles) --- Chinese scientists returning home from the West --- that is propelling technological development in China. A notable example is CanSino and how this company has taken the leading spot in developing a vaccine for the coronavirus.
There is no way any member of the 5 Eyes would use Huawei equipment, especially the U.S. / UK. It honestly shouldn't be a surprise and I would assume it's not a surprise to Huawei either.
The U.K. made the mistake of initially agreeing to limit Huawei's involvement but under U.S. pressure folded. Australia banned Huawei and Canada is basically playing the waiting game where it doesn't officially ban Huawei in fear of Chinese retaliation, but rather not make a decision and force its telecom companies choose other vendors in the meanwhile.
China has publicly mentioned multiple times in the past months that it would retaliate if U.K. backtracked so China definitely saw this coming. Given the COVID backdrop and the expectation that Europe takes the biggest hit economically, China has a wide range of options to retaliate. So it would be interesting to see what the Chinese response is.
The Chinese responses are usually long-term oriented in nature, rather than a short reactive retaliation. And the UK will deeply regret the long term implication.
How about this; while not outright sanctioning any current UK exports or companies' operation in China, instead they will slowly be locked out of any future prospects of access to China's burgeoning consumer market.
If you took notice of the prospect reports of major MNCs for the last few years, most of their future growth hope in the coming decades is reportedly dependent not on western nations, but solely on one major customer: China. That is the trump card.