You have to earn the right to poke fun at South Koreans
At 5Star, if I want to poke fun at South Koreans on behalf of Taiwanese, that is my right (see citation below). If I want to poke fun at South Koreans on behalf of Chinese, that is also my right (see two citations below). Until you can point to a superior Vietnamese technology, you cannot poke fun at South Koreans. Got it?
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TSMC is currently at 20nm and have said they're moving to 16nm next year. Samsung is still stuck at 32 nm.
The semiconductor generations are ...32nm, 28nm, 20nm, 16nm, etc.
Taiwan's TSMC extends technological lead over Samsung
1. TSMC Chairman and CEO Morris Chang stated: "TSMC had all the 28nm production last year [2012] and will have 99% of it this year [2013]." In contrast, Samsung has only built a prototype 28nm chip in 2011 and its mass production is "still on 32nm."
The surface of a wafer sporting 28-nanometer technology.
AP Photo / Joern Haufe
2. TSMC Chairman and CEO Morris Chang stated: "Trial production using the advanced 20 nanometer technology began in the first quarter, while the company plans to advance further with 16 nanometer technology in a year from now."
3. "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has pulled risk production of chips using 16nm FinFET manufacturing tech into calendar year 2013, which suggests that it will commence commercial manufacturing a bit earlier than expected. The commitment also shows TSMC’s readiness for leading-edge chip manufacturing in general."
In conclusion, TSMC has been producing all of the 28nm foundry chips in the world for last year and will continue to do so this year. Samsung is still stuck at 32nm.
TSMC has begun trial production of 20nm chips.
TSMC trial production of 16nm chips will start next year.
Also, TSMC will begin risk production of 16nm FinFET chips this year.
Samsung is falling further and further behind TSMC technologically.
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Sources:
Item 1:
'Kill Taiwan' Poo-Poo-ed - Mannerisms
Item 2:
TAIPEI, Taiwan: Chipmaker TSMC gets tablet, smartphone boost in 1Q | Technology | The State
Item 3:
TSMC Pulls 16nm FinFET Risk Production to 2013 - X-bit labs
28nm photograph:
Semiconductor soap opera continues between Taiwan Semiconductor, Samsung and Apple – Quartz
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Ram with third-generation Chinese artificial heart sets survival record | China Daily
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Ram with artificial heart sets survival record
Updated: 2013-05-14 11:17
(chinadaily.com.cn)
The ram Tianjiu, or "Forever", which has survived 61 days after receiving a third-generation artificial heart implant, appears at a news conference in Tianjin on Monday. Tianjiu, which has set a survival record for an animal with such an implant, is in healthy condition at the animal laboratory center at TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital. The implantable device, the first of its kind in China, was developed by the hospital and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. [Photo/Xinhua]
The ram Tianjiu, or "Forever", which has survived 61 days after receiving a third-generation artificial heart implant, is fed at a news conference in Tianjin on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]
TIANJIN -
A sheep implanted with a new type of artificial heart developed by Chinese scientists using cutting-edge aerospace technology has lived for 62 days thus far, the heart's developers announced on Monday.
The development of the heart was jointly conducted by scientists from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital in north China's Tianjin Municipality.
The sheep, nicknamed "Tianjiu," is in sound condition after receiving the blood pump on March 14, said Liu Xiaocheng, president of the hospital.
He said researchers used magnetic suspension and hydrodynamic bearings -- both examples of aerospace technology -- to design and produce an implantable
third-generation ventricular assist device (VAD), a mechanical pump used to support heart function and blood flow in people with weakened hearts.
The device is the first of its kind to be fitted with a battery and controller. The sheep experiment is similar to a clinical implantation, the scientists said.
Once the device is marketed, it may end suffering for the 16 million people in China with failing hearts, as many patients are waiting for heart transplants.
China began research on VAD in the early 1980s. Clinical use of commercialized VADs had yet to take place until now."