Opinionated - China Chipping Away to Semiconductor Dominance

[Bussard Ramjet]

NOBODY here said that, we are aiming to achieve that, you are the ONE SAYING WE CLAIM THIS. Did we? We are just humble hardworking Chinese. =)

Most of the people here are not humble.

Just look at the title of this thread. Instead of a modest title, this title is superfluous, boasting, and even wrong.

I take part in another forums where we discuss semiconductor industry, and despite American dominance in the industry, the thread is titled "American Semiconductor Industry."

Look at others in other forums.

 

[JSCh]

Innotron Memory, previously known as Hefei ChangXin or Hefei RuiLi, is also building a 12-inch fab in Hefei. Despite being a startup, Innotron will enter directly the manufacture of 19nm DRAM chips. Innotron CEO David NK Wang disclosed recently the company will start trial production of 8Gb DDR4 chips at the end of 2018, followed by volume production in 2019. Innotron also expects to complete its 17nm process technology R&D in 2021.

China memory maker CXMT to roll out 8Gb LPDDR4 DRAM by end-2019 | DIGITimes
Siu Han, Taipei; Willis Ke, DIGITIMES
Tuesday 11 June 2019

China-based DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is stepping up DRAM production deployments as it will kick off commercial runs of its production lines by the end of 2019 while also marching toward volume production of 17nm process now under in-house development, according to industry sources.

The sources said that following Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit, CXMT may become the next China DRAM maker to face US trade sanctions, prompting the company to address its technology licensing issues and recruit top-notch engineers, many of whom used to work at Elpida.

CXMT plans to kick off production of 8Gb LPDDR4 DRAM chips at its first 12-inch wafer fab at a monthly capacity of 20,000 units in the fourth quarter of 2019, with the capacity estimated to expand to a maximum of 125,000 units.

The company will also move to build a second 12-inch wafer fab in 2020, which is expected to adopt the process of under 20nm for volume production. The company is scheduled to complete the R&D of 17nm node in 2021.

 

[j20blackdragon]

 

[JSCh]

On September 17, Huami also released Huangshan MHS001 chip, touted as the world's first RISC-V processor for wearable devices with a computing performance 38% higher than ARM Cortex-M4.

黄汪
上传于 6月10日 10:31
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黄山1号已经量产，你们懂得！6月11日见！
#华米科技2019夏季新品发布会#

Uploaded on June 10 at 10:31
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Huangshan No. 1 has been mass-produced, you know! See you on June 11!
#Huami Technology 2019 Summer New Product Release Conference#

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Pandaily@thepandaily

.@amazift Midong Health Watch is using own made chip Huangshan#1, it is the first AI chip in global wearable device industry #AI #smartwatch

5:15 PM - Jun 11, 2019

 

[Han Patriot]

Uploaded on June 10 at 10:31
From Weibo

Huangshan No. 1 has been mass-produced, you know! See you on June 11!
#Huami Technology 2019 Summer New Product Release Conference#

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1138374128199585792

Pandaily@thepandaily

.@amazift Midong Health Watch is using own made chip Huangshan#1, it is the first AI chip in global wearable device industry #AI #smartwatch

5:15 PM - Jun 11, 2019

Based on risc-v. Alot of companies are thinking of risc-v after arm's reaction.

 

[oprih]

This thread is now sending @Bussard Ramjet to a nervous breakdown every day, now his routine of going to rail tracks to poo with his fellow indian brothers is now a daily occurence.

 

[JSCh]

Konka to Build USD4.4 Billion Microchip Base in Chongqing
TANG SHIHUA
DATE : JUN 14 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

Konka to Build USD4.4 Billion Microchip Base in Chongqing​

(Yicai Global) June 14 -- Chinese electronics maker Konka Group is planning to build a CNY30 billion (USD4.4 billion) semiconductor and photoelectric industrial park in the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing with investment of up to CNY7.5 billion in the project's first phase.

The Shenzhen-based company recently signed a framework agreement and investment contract with the government of the city's Bishan district to this end, the major Chinese television maker announced yesterday.

Konka and other firms that will settle in the industrial park will jointly finance it, the announcement said, but without going into further details as to the project.

Formed in 1980 and under the umbrella of state-backed tourism, real estate and paper packaging conglomerate Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town, Konka was China's first Sino-foreign joint-venture electronics company to form after the advent of the country's reform and opening in 1978.

It has been undergoing a shift lately from being a producer of conventional electronics to a maker of microprocessors and says it will need from five to 10 years to ascend to the front rank of international chip manufacturers.

The company has also penned an agreement with Hefei, the capital of China's eastern Anhui province, to invest in and build a silicon wafer industrial park there to attract semiconductor design firms and to form an integrated circuit industrial chain.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Most of the people here are not humble.

Just look at the title of this thread. Instead of a modest title, this title is superfluous, boasting, and even wrong.

I take part in another forums where we discuss semiconductor industry, and despite American dominance in the industry, the thread is titled "American Semiconductor Industry."

Look at others in other forums.

Set an example for others then.
I do it all the time. Keep in mind, if you are right, then mods of this forum will eventually begin to understand you. And don't care about the rest. Just go as you like.

 

[JSCh]

Chinese Firm Opens Country's First 8.5th Gen TFT-LCD Glass Substrate Factory
DOU SHICONG
DATE : JUN 19 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

Chinese Firm Opens Country's First 8.5th Gen TFT-LCD Glass Substrate Factory​

(Yicai Global) June 19 -- China National Building Material has built the country's first production line capable of producing 8.5th-generation TFT-LCD glass substrates, making China one of few nations to master the technology.

The central state-owned firm's Bengbu Glass Industry Design and Research built the facility after three years of research, Science and Technology Daily reported. The plant aims to obtain certifications that will allow it to manufacture for domestic display makers.

TFT-LCD, or thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal displays, are classified by the size of their glass substrate. Sixth-generation displays are now widely considered out-dated while 8.5th-gen tech is the most advanced. The newer technologies use larger substrates, which are more efficient to make and can be used in larger screens.

Demand for glass substrates in China reached 260 million square meters in 2018, with demand for 8.5th-gen components making up 233 million, according to the China Optics & Optoelectronics Manufacturers Association. But domestic production is only about 40 million square meters and all below 6th-gen. American and Japanese companies mostly dominate the more advanced segment of the market.

The association expects demand to surge to 300 million square meters by 2020, or about half of the global total, leaving massive room for development.

 

[JSCh]

Shanghai plant produces CPU with 3.0GHz base frequency, meeting international standard
Source:Global Times Published: 2019/6/20 14:10:42

The first Central Processing Unit (CPU) in China to reach the base frequency of 3.0GHz was released by the Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co Wednesday, marking a major breakthrough in the country's semiconductor industry.

It was the first time that a China-produced CPU reached 3.0GHz, which is the international mainstream standard, and the product marks a major breakthrough by significantly narrowing the gap between Chinese chipset makers and their international competitors.

Some of the most popular CPU products in the world are all designed with a base frequency of 3.0GHz or above.

For instance, the Xeon W-3175X produced by Intel has a base frequency of 3.1GHz, and the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X has a 3.5 GHz base frequency. The 16nm 3.0GHz x 86 CPU products made by Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co are from the KX-6000 and KH-30000 series.

According to a report by local news site jfdaily.com, the capacity of the latest KX-6000 series has increased by 50 percent compared to the previous generation, now reaching the equivalent of the mainstream 7th generation i5-7400 by Intel.

The semiconductor design and manufacturing, deemed a strategically important sector for the economy, is flourishing domestically, especially in Shenzhen and Shanghai.

The number of companies in Shanghai that currently have an integrated circuits business has reached 600 with almost 180,000 employees. The scale of the industry in Shanghai accounts for 22 percent of the nation's total, according to the report.

 

[JSCh]

Breaking: Huawei announced its new 7nm Kirin 810 Processor - Huawei Central
By Deng Li
Posted on June 21, 2019

With the launch of Nova 5 series, Huawei announced a new 7nm Kirin 810 processor as the proceeder of Kirin 710 and featured inside the regular Nova 5 smartphone.

According to Huawei, The Kirin 810 is built on the 7nm process technology using Huawei’s self-developed Da Vinci architecture for NPU, which improves software efficiency, and accelerates AI application.

Moreover, The processor consists of two high-performance Cortex A76 cores (2.27GHz) + six A55 cores (1.88GHz). The Main CPU is clocked at 2.27GHz and the GPU is Mali-G52.

Huawei said that Kirin 810’s NPU unit performance is higher than the Snapdragon 855 processor and even higher than Kirin 980 chip.

 

[j20blackdragon]

Huawei now has two 7nm SoCs. Qualcomm?

Looks like Huawei is still able to lead the world even under a relentless assault from the West.

 

[Beast]

Most of the people here are not humble.

Just look at the title of this thread. Instead of a modest title, this title is superfluous, boasting, and even wrong.

I take part in another forums where we discuss semiconductor industry, and despite American dominance in the industry, the thread is titled "American Semiconductor Industry."

Look at others in other forums.

The arrogance american and lackey like you will claim China will dependent on US semi-con for a hundred years and we just response. This title fits the bill and is just an response from hardworking Chinese.

Unlike some whose president will make statement like India will be super power in 2020. Who is the ignorant and arrogant? Chinese president or official never make that kind of bragging statement.

 

[JSCh]

Why care so much about the title.

 

[JSCh]

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