I thought resolution was a function of optics, not power output. From your previous post, it seems that the optics problems have been resolved (no pun). Besides, you've just pointed out in another post that DUV multi-patterning can reach 5nm, why would they use EUV multi-patterning for that?
Many Chinese students came to Australia with intention of staying, some for new lifestyle, job opportunity,some to park their parents' secret monies, or as an escape door if get into trouble in China ( Australia never sent back serious criminals due to China death penalty, human rights etc). Education is not necessary the top priority. I have hosted a few Chinese students, majority are not serious in their studies. However, the present anti-China Australian government, economic recession and coronavirus situations have altered their plans. One university student is not coming back, continue to finish degree on line. Private companies are employing more South Asian, mostly Indian than Chinese. Most Chinese have to start their own business depending mostly on Chinese customers. Hardly find Chinese employed in high or senior positions due to lack of trust or other reasons. This situation will remain until China - Australia government to government, people to people relationships can get back to normal. So Chinese brain drain is not going to be a problem in Australia and many other countries at the present moment. Trump is actually cleansing Chinese students and professionals in all high tech institutions.
hi Tam
Great summary as always, 2 thumps up. Here are the proof of what you had said.
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RISC-V processor designed by five Chinese university students successfully fabricated
2020-07-25 22:20:25 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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Five undergraduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences led the design of a 64-bit RISC-V processor that became their graduation project, according to .
The 64-bit RISC-V processor SoC, called "NutShell," was designed last year and is based on the 110nm process of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), the biggest chipmaker on the Chinese mainland.
The SoC has been successfully taped out and is capable of running Linux as well as UCAS-Core, an operating system they made themselves.
All five graduates will be attending graduate school at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, "to participate in a more challenging project to develop a design for a high-performance chaotic multi-emission RISC-V processor core.”
"Processor chips are recognized as the crown jewel of the chip industry, with high design complexity and difficulty. There is a serious shortage of processor chip design talent in China, and it is an urgent challenge to accelerate the scale and speed of training of such talent," said Sun Ninghui, dean of the School of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In response to the processor design talent crisis, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences launched the "One Life One Chip" program in August 2019, with the goal of training undergraduates to design processor chips and complete tape out with with solid theoretical and practical experience.
My concern, 2 year chip stock may not last that long due to heavy demand. Hope both Huawei and SMIC are able to work things out especially the 7nm chips by year end or early 2021.
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Huawei smartphone market share in China grows to record high despite overall market decline
2020-07-26 9:41:27 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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One out of every two phones being sold in China right now is a Huawei.
In the second quarter of this year, Huawei's phone market share in China reached 46%, the highest ever, according to a report by market research firm Counterpoint.
That's more than Vivo (16 percent), OPPO (15 percent), and Xiaomi (9 percent) combined.
In the 5G smartphone market, Huawei's market share is even higher, at more than 60 percent.
Despite the overall market slowdown, Huawei still achieved 14% year-on-year growth, Counterpoint said.
China has emerged as Huawei's most important market after it lost the ability to use GMS in overseas markets in its latest smartphones, Counterpoint said.
Huawei's 5G portfolio is growing rapidly, thanks to the high-end Mate 30 and P40 series and the mid-range Nova 7 series.
China's 5G smartphone market is already very consolidated, with Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi capturing 96% of the market.
Huawei leads in 5G smartphone sales, followed by Vivo, OPPO, and Xiaomi.
In the second quarter, 33 percent of smartphones sold in China were 5G-enabled, up from 16 percent in the first quarter.
That percentage was even higher in June when more than 40 percent of the smartphones sold were 5G-enabled.
Apple was the fastest-growing smartphone brand in China in the second quarter, as the popularity of the iPhone 11 series continued to grow and the number of smartphones sold increased.
Apple's sales in China were up 32% year-over-year in the quarter due to the continued popularity of the iPhone 11 series and price cuts.
The iPhone SE 2020 also quickly moved into the top three best-selling iPhones of the second quarter of 2020.
All other phone brands except Apple and Huawei saw declines during the quarter.
Counterpoint said that despite the Covide-19 epidemic receding, consumer confidence remains low and both handset makers and carriers are pushing 5G smartphones by lowering the price of 5G devices and 5G package prices.
This has increased the share of 5G handset sales, with a third of total smartphone sales in China this quarter being 5G devices, the highest in the world. But that still didn't offset the decline in the overall market, Counterpoint said.
Photomask performance and workstation (sp) overlay capability is also a consideration in EUV lithography.
No, no. The West will do what they had always done. They will offer generous scholarships to super smart students to study in top institutions and gateways to dream jobs in the West. Thought this is also the normal practise in all countries, the West had deeper pockets and more attractions/prestige in the past.