They are too many lapdogs disagree with yr statement. Its so sad they dont mind to be chain up.
Opinionated - China Chipping Away to Semiconductor Dominance
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China claims quantum leap with machine declared a million times greater than Google’s Sycamore
Pan Jianwei, a physicist from the University of Science and Technology of China, announced at a lecture at Westlake University, Hangzhou, on September 5 that a new machine had recently achieved “quantum supremacy” one million times greater than the record currently held by Sycamore, a quantum computer built by Google.
Sycamore completed in about 200 seconds a calculation that would keep the fastest computer on Earth busy for 10,000 years, according to a paper published by Google researchers last year. Read more ...
- Physicist Pan Jianwei says his team achieved quantum supremacy but ‘further verification’ is necessary
- Pan’s team has received generous and consistent financial support from the Chinese government
Pan Jianwei, a physicist from the University of Science and Technology of China, announced at a lecture at Westlake University, Hangzhou, on September 5 that a new machine had recently achieved “quantum supremacy” one million times greater than the record currently held by Sycamore, a quantum computer built by Google.
Sycamore completed in about 200 seconds a calculation that would keep the fastest computer on Earth busy for 10,000 years, according to a paper published by Google researchers last year. Read more ...
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national security threat = rob the company's shares or subsidiaries
Let's give our warmest welcome to the new sovereign state, People's Republic of United States of America.
China's "socialism" = "win-win co-op" and "joint co-op" businesses and companies.
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It's their problem. If someone want to be stupid let him be stupid. It doesn't pay off to be US lapdog. Japanese establishment learnt this the hard way after the Plaza Accord. Russians learnt this after US advisors killed more Russians (using economic means) in 1990s than anglophile Adolf Hitler did. One Russian academic estimated that US killed 30 million Russians in 1990s. Russia would have more than 170 million population now if it wasn't looted by US Empire in 1990s. That's how Russias "friendship" with US ended. YouTube deleted this video so I can't post it.
Sooner of later US lapdogs will learnt that it doesn't pay off to be a lapdog.
Anyway - English Colonial Empire of Evil died and US Empire will die too.
Going back to semiconductors IMO it's good that Trump sanctioned Huawei. Now Chinese companies (and other as well) finally have motivation to become more self-sufficient. Arms embargoes imposed by Washington and Brussels against China in 1989 actually helped China and now China has gems like J-20, J-10, Y-20, H-20, type 055, etc.
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Polar Reversal In Optical Telescopes and Electronic Imagers Industry
For decades after the Second World War, and throughout the period of the Cold War, the U.S. has enjoyed a position of monopoly if not supremacy in the sector of astronomical instruments, both in the optical telescopes and electronic detectors.
This situation was comparable to the monopolistic position of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in the civilian transport air industry.
The big names were Celestron and Meade.
Then after the end of the Cold War, Suzhou Synta Optical Technology, a company that was founded in 1988 as Synta Optics, and at first producing only eyepieces, started in 1992 to produce their first telescopes 114 mm Newtonian, distributed by Celestron and Tasco.
In 1993, the first refracting telescopes were produced.
In 1999, the brand Sky-Watcher was established by Synta Taiwan to sell optics produced by Suzhou Synta. The head office was in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The brand is distributed in Canada and Europe and, in the late 2000s, extended to the U.S. market.
Products produced by Suzhou Synta are also distributed under the Acuter name and via the Synta Taiwan owned subsidiary company Celestron. Suzhou Synta also manufactures products for Orion Telescopes & Binoculars.
And the same patern in the electronic imagers, with SBIG's position starting to falter!
Conclusion
This means that after Quantum Computers, China has further shattered the core of the U.S. Empire, that is its technological supremacy, and is preparing to storm what remains of the U.S. hegemonic world order!
But did they ever stand a chance? Both Mongols, Manchus and all European colonizers landgrabbers and squatters have yielded invariably in the past, absorbed into the Chinese cultural fabric.
Today, with China's 100 millions tonnes of Rare Earth Elements (RRE) reserves, both the U.S. and U.S.S.R., the two former partners of the Cold War are left far behind China in the high tech race, having exhausted all their REE reserves!
What an epochal era we are witnessing! The Climatic Warming induced rise of the Subtropical Earth, and all the subtropical pandemics to follow, that has in less than a year already nearly wiped out all the G-8 economic powerhouses, ethnic Europeans first, and now this polar reversal in the high tech sector!
Thanks to Iran, Russia et al., whose relentless pumping of hydrocarbon has made in little less than 75 years, the hastening of the Climatic Warming a reality.
This is the beginning of a new chapter in mankind history, the dying Pax Americana being finally supeseded by the Pax Sinica, a new World Order known as the China Century or the 2045 Great Replacement!
What an epochal Polar Reversal in the optical industry, when one remembers that the PRC started the production of its first optical instruments, right after the Korean War, by polishing lenses from the glass bottom of Coca Cola bottle drinks left by the U.S. G.I.s!
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For decades after the Second World War, and throughout the period of the Cold War, the U.S. has enjoyed a position of monopoly if not supremacy in the sector of astronomical instruments, both in the optical telescopes and electronic detectors.
This situation was comparable to the monopolistic position of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in the civilian transport air industry.
The big names were Celestron and Meade.
Celestron
The predecessor of Celestron was Valor Electronics, an electronics and military components firm founded in 1955 by Tom Johnson. Johnson became involved with telescopes when he built a 6" reflecting telescope for his two sons. In 1960, Johnson established the "Astro-Optical" division of Valor, which would later become Celestron.
By 1964, Johnson had founded "Celestron Pacific" as a division of Valor Electronics offering Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes from 4" to 22". In 1970 Celestron introduced its "C8" 8" diameter 2032 mm focal length, ƒ10 telescope, the first of a new line of telescopes built using methods developed by Celestron to produce Schmidt-Cassegrains at a high volume and low cost. These models made significant inroads into the amateur astronomical and educational communities.
Johnson, the founder of the company, sold Celestron in 1980. Celestron was acquired by Tasco in 1997 and almost went out of business when Tasco folded in 2001.
In early 2002 Celestron's rival, Meade Instruments, attempted a takeover but a bankruptcy court allowed the sale of the company back to its original owners. The company had been U.S. owned until April 2005 when it was acquired by SW Technology Corporation, a Delaware company and affiliate of Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan. Synta is a manufacturer of astronomy equipment and related components and at that time had been a supplier for Celestron for over 15 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestron
The predecessor of Celestron was Valor Electronics, an electronics and military components firm founded in 1955 by Tom Johnson. Johnson became involved with telescopes when he built a 6" reflecting telescope for his two sons. In 1960, Johnson established the "Astro-Optical" division of Valor, which would later become Celestron.
By 1964, Johnson had founded "Celestron Pacific" as a division of Valor Electronics offering Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes from 4" to 22". In 1970 Celestron introduced its "C8" 8" diameter 2032 mm focal length, ƒ10 telescope, the first of a new line of telescopes built using methods developed by Celestron to produce Schmidt-Cassegrains at a high volume and low cost. These models made significant inroads into the amateur astronomical and educational communities.
Johnson, the founder of the company, sold Celestron in 1980. Celestron was acquired by Tasco in 1997 and almost went out of business when Tasco folded in 2001.
In early 2002 Celestron's rival, Meade Instruments, attempted a takeover but a bankruptcy court allowed the sale of the company back to its original owners. The company had been U.S. owned until April 2005 when it was acquired by SW Technology Corporation, a Delaware company and affiliate of Synta Technology Corporation of Taiwan. Synta is a manufacturer of astronomy equipment and related components and at that time had been a supplier for Celestron for over 15 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestron
Meade Instruments
Since their founding in 1972, Meade Instruments has been one of Celestron's chief rivals. Design, sizing, introduction, and pricing of each company's products lines and models have been in response to their competition with each other. There has been litigation over infringement of patents between the two companies, one instance regarding GoTo technology.
In September 2013, Sunny Optics Inc, a unit of the Chinese firm Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co Ltd, completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Meade.
On November 26, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a federal jury found that Ningbo and Meade suppressed competition and fixed prices for consumer telescopes in the United States in violation of federal antitrust laws (case# 16-06370). Optronic Technologies, Inc. was awarded $16.8 million in damages.
On December 4, 2019, Meade Instruments Corp. filed bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Central District of California as case number 19-14714.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meade_Instruments
Since their founding in 1972, Meade Instruments has been one of Celestron's chief rivals. Design, sizing, introduction, and pricing of each company's products lines and models have been in response to their competition with each other. There has been litigation over infringement of patents between the two companies, one instance regarding GoTo technology.
In September 2013, Sunny Optics Inc, a unit of the Chinese firm Ningbo Sunny Electronic Co Ltd, completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Meade.
On November 26, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a federal jury found that Ningbo and Meade suppressed competition and fixed prices for consumer telescopes in the United States in violation of federal antitrust laws (case# 16-06370). Optronic Technologies, Inc. was awarded $16.8 million in damages.
On December 4, 2019, Meade Instruments Corp. filed bankruptcy in the United States District Court for the Central District of California as case number 19-14714.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meade_Instruments
Then after the end of the Cold War, Suzhou Synta Optical Technology, a company that was founded in 1988 as Synta Optics, and at first producing only eyepieces, started in 1992 to produce their first telescopes 114 mm Newtonian, distributed by Celestron and Tasco.
In 1993, the first refracting telescopes were produced.
In 1999, the brand Sky-Watcher was established by Synta Taiwan to sell optics produced by Suzhou Synta. The head office was in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The brand is distributed in Canada and Europe and, in the late 2000s, extended to the U.S. market.
Products produced by Suzhou Synta are also distributed under the Acuter name and via the Synta Taiwan owned subsidiary company Celestron. Suzhou Synta also manufactures products for Orion Telescopes & Binoculars.
And the same patern in the electronic imagers, with SBIG's position starting to falter!
ZW Optical
ZWO is a world-renowned company focusing on the development of innovative products in the field of astrophotography. They specialize in the production of CMOS cameras, smart astro imaging devices and astrophotography accessories. The company was founded by Sam Wen in November 2011, with its headquarters based in the Chinese city of Suzhou.
Sam Wen is an amateur astronomer with a love of planetary imaging, and it was this interest that drove him to create ZWO. Sam was dissatisfied with the planetary cameras available in 2011, which were mainly based on internet webcams, so he created the world’s first dedicated planetary CMOS camera, the ASI130MM. This camera was a huge success and created a market hungry for ZWO products.
https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/contact-us
ZWO is a world-renowned company focusing on the development of innovative products in the field of astrophotography. They specialize in the production of CMOS cameras, smart astro imaging devices and astrophotography accessories. The company was founded by Sam Wen in November 2011, with its headquarters based in the Chinese city of Suzhou.
Sam Wen is an amateur astronomer with a love of planetary imaging, and it was this interest that drove him to create ZWO. Sam was dissatisfied with the planetary cameras available in 2011, which were mainly based on internet webcams, so he created the world’s first dedicated planetary CMOS camera, the ASI130MM. This camera was a huge success and created a market hungry for ZWO products.
https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/contact-us
Sam Wen of ZW Optical on 11th July 2016 explains:
The trend is moving to CMOS, and we believe that CMOS will eventually replace CCD for most applications. CMOS sensors have higher QE (quantum efficiency), faster read times, and they are less expensive than CCD. They are also getting less noisy, which is very important for astrophotography. CMOS is taking over for planetary imaging, and it will be not too long before it takes a leading role in deep-sky imaging as well.
https://astronomyconnect.com/forums/articles/sam-wen-of-zw-optical-vendor-profile.29/
The trend is moving to CMOS, and we believe that CMOS will eventually replace CCD for most applications. CMOS sensors have higher QE (quantum efficiency), faster read times, and they are less expensive than CCD. They are also getting less noisy, which is very important for astrophotography. CMOS is taking over for planetary imaging, and it will be not too long before it takes a leading role in deep-sky imaging as well.
https://astronomyconnect.com/forums/articles/sam-wen-of-zw-optical-vendor-profile.29/
Conclusion
This means that after Quantum Computers, China has further shattered the core of the U.S. Empire, that is its technological supremacy, and is preparing to storm what remains of the U.S. hegemonic world order!
But did they ever stand a chance? Both Mongols, Manchus and all European colonizers landgrabbers and squatters have yielded invariably in the past, absorbed into the Chinese cultural fabric.
Today, with China's 100 millions tonnes of Rare Earth Elements (RRE) reserves, both the U.S. and U.S.S.R., the two former partners of the Cold War are left far behind China in the high tech race, having exhausted all their REE reserves!
What an epochal era we are witnessing! The Climatic Warming induced rise of the Subtropical Earth, and all the subtropical pandemics to follow, that has in less than a year already nearly wiped out all the G-8 economic powerhouses, ethnic Europeans first, and now this polar reversal in the high tech sector!
Thanks to Iran, Russia et al., whose relentless pumping of hydrocarbon has made in little less than 75 years, the hastening of the Climatic Warming a reality.
This is the beginning of a new chapter in mankind history, the dying Pax Americana being finally supeseded by the Pax Sinica, a new World Order known as the China Century or the 2045 Great Replacement!
What an epochal Polar Reversal in the optical industry, when one remembers that the PRC started the production of its first optical instruments, right after the Korean War, by polishing lenses from the glass bottom of Coca Cola bottle drinks left by the U.S. G.I.s!
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New alliance formed in China to promote self-sufficiency in automotive chips
2020-09-21 7:01:02 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
The China Automotive Chip Industry Innovation Strategic Alliance was officially established in Beijing on September 19, which is jointly supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, and led by the China New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Center.
The Alliance's participants include vehicle enterprises, automotive chip companies, automotive electronics-related suppliers and universities, industry organizations and other more than 70 organizations.
With the continuous development of China's new energy vehicles and smart cars, the demand for automotive chips is increasing, but only 10% of these chips are independently developed and produced by China.
In today's unique situation, such a low rate of autonomy urgently needs to be improved. And according to research firm Strategy Analytics, the world's top 10 automotive semiconductor manufacturers have a market share of 67%.
Since 2018, the China New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Center has joined with a number of alliance members to form a working group of more than 100 units to participate in the testing and certification of automotive chips, and to research and develop test and evaluation standards for autonomous automotive chips.
After that, they have carried out third-party voluntary evaluation and certification work, providing important technical support and accumulating experience for the application of autonomous vehicle chips on board.
2020-09-21 7:01:02 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
The China Automotive Chip Industry Innovation Strategic Alliance was officially established in Beijing on September 19, which is jointly supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, and led by the China New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Center.
The Alliance's participants include vehicle enterprises, automotive chip companies, automotive electronics-related suppliers and universities, industry organizations and other more than 70 organizations.
With the continuous development of China's new energy vehicles and smart cars, the demand for automotive chips is increasing, but only 10% of these chips are independently developed and produced by China.
In today's unique situation, such a low rate of autonomy urgently needs to be improved. And according to research firm Strategy Analytics, the world's top 10 automotive semiconductor manufacturers have a market share of 67%.
Since 2018, the China New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Center has joined with a number of alliance members to form a working group of more than 100 units to participate in the testing and certification of automotive chips, and to research and develop test and evaluation standards for autonomous automotive chips.
After that, they have carried out third-party voluntary evaluation and certification work, providing important technical support and accumulating experience for the application of autonomous vehicle chips on board.
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Sliver of hope for Huawei as SMIC develops its own chip tech
Chinese semiconductor group pressing on with technology that will see it enter 8nm process market and become a potential top player
by Chris Gill
Huawei reportedly giving impetus to production of new-generation SMIC chips. Photo: Reuters.
China’s largest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturer is using foreign technology to achieve its goal, according to documents seen by Chinese news website Qweikejishou.
According to the report, some investors and firms including Huawei have asked SMIC to begin mass producing of next-generation chips. Huawei is scouting for high-end fabricators to provide components for its smartphones and other devices after its main supplier, Taiwan’s TSMC, halted shipments when US sanctions were slapped on the Shenzhen-based tech giant.
TECH NEWS: World’s biggest chipmaker expected to absorb loss of Huawei business
The SMIC move will also China’s broader economic goals; it has decided to increase its chip self-sufficiency rate to 70% within five years, hastened by the White House measures, which bar American technology, such as that used by TSMC, from being incorporated into Chinese tech products.
But the domestic industry will need to hold core technology patents if it wishes to meet the stated goals. To that end, the government is aggressively hunting for talent in the field and has made that a top national priority.
SMIC is the most advanced and largest wafer foundry in mainland China and has the greatest international reach and operations. Founded by dissenters from TSMC, it has mastered production of 90nm, 28nm and 14nm chip standards. The first generation of 14nm technology has already entered the mass production stage.
But SMIC’s best products can’t compete with flagship rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon, and there is a huge gap between its 14nm products and TSMC's 5nm standard. It will take time for SMIC to enter the level of high-end foundry chip manufacturing.
SMIC’s best products can’t compete with flagship rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The tech website claims the documents who SMIC’s 14nm chips can already meet most of the technology industry’s daily production needs for microchips. SMIC stated that the second-generation FinFET technology platform has also entered the customer introduction stage and is simultaneously developing next-generation process technologies.
According to information disclosed by SMIC chief executive Liang Mengsong, the N+1 process has 20 times higher performance than 14nm, power consumption has been reduced by 7%, and its size cut by 63%. This kind of process is equivalent to 8nm technology and SMIC expects to enter small-batch production of format by the end of the year.
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The advantage of the new product lies in its lower costs and the craftsmanship that has gone into developing the chip is “on the next level”. According to SMIC’s N+1 process, 8nm can be produced without a photolithography machine.
Reducing the dependence on lithography machines is of great significance to independent research and the development of process technology. It will bring SMIC closer to producing mainstream 7nm technology and at that level will become the third-largest foundry in the world, second only to Samsung and TSMC.
SMIC will be the fourth company to enter the 10nm-and-lower process market and could join Samsung, TSMC and Intel in the future “top players” list, the report states.
But SMIC has some time before that happens. Upgrading its process technology to 8nm won’t happen overnight. Reports suggest it will begin trial production at the end of this year but mass production will take much longer.
While some have questioned how SMIC can produce 8nm without a lithography machine the report concedes “nothing is absolute”.
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Chinese semiconductor group pressing on with technology that will see it enter 8nm process market and become a potential top player
by Chris Gill
China’s largest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturer is using foreign technology to achieve its goal, according to documents seen by Chinese news website Qweikejishou.
According to the report, some investors and firms including Huawei have asked SMIC to begin mass producing of next-generation chips. Huawei is scouting for high-end fabricators to provide components for its smartphones and other devices after its main supplier, Taiwan’s TSMC, halted shipments when US sanctions were slapped on the Shenzhen-based tech giant.
TECH NEWS: World’s biggest chipmaker expected to absorb loss of Huawei business
The SMIC move will also China’s broader economic goals; it has decided to increase its chip self-sufficiency rate to 70% within five years, hastened by the White House measures, which bar American technology, such as that used by TSMC, from being incorporated into Chinese tech products.
But the domestic industry will need to hold core technology patents if it wishes to meet the stated goals. To that end, the government is aggressively hunting for talent in the field and has made that a top national priority.
SMIC is the most advanced and largest wafer foundry in mainland China and has the greatest international reach and operations. Founded by dissenters from TSMC, it has mastered production of 90nm, 28nm and 14nm chip standards. The first generation of 14nm technology has already entered the mass production stage.
But SMIC’s best products can’t compete with flagship rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon, and there is a huge gap between its 14nm products and TSMC's 5nm standard. It will take time for SMIC to enter the level of high-end foundry chip manufacturing.
SMIC’s best products can’t compete with flagship rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The tech website claims the documents who SMIC’s 14nm chips can already meet most of the technology industry’s daily production needs for microchips. SMIC stated that the second-generation FinFET technology platform has also entered the customer introduction stage and is simultaneously developing next-generation process technologies.
According to information disclosed by SMIC chief executive Liang Mengsong, the N+1 process has 20 times higher performance than 14nm, power consumption has been reduced by 7%, and its size cut by 63%. This kind of process is equivalent to 8nm technology and SMIC expects to enter small-batch production of format by the end of the year.
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The advantage of the new product lies in its lower costs and the craftsmanship that has gone into developing the chip is “on the next level”. According to SMIC’s N+1 process, 8nm can be produced without a photolithography machine.
Reducing the dependence on lithography machines is of great significance to independent research and the development of process technology. It will bring SMIC closer to producing mainstream 7nm technology and at that level will become the third-largest foundry in the world, second only to Samsung and TSMC.
SMIC will be the fourth company to enter the 10nm-and-lower process market and could join Samsung, TSMC and Intel in the future “top players” list, the report states.
But SMIC has some time before that happens. Upgrading its process technology to 8nm won’t happen overnight. Reports suggest it will begin trial production at the end of this year but mass production will take much longer.
While some have questioned how SMIC can produce 8nm without a lithography machine the report concedes “nothing is absolute”.
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Sliver of hope for Huawei as SMIC develops its own chip tech
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Sliver of hope for Huawei as SMIC develops its own chip tech
Chinese semiconductor group pressing on with technology that will see it enter 8nm process market and become a potential top player
by Chris Gill
Huawei reportedly giving impetus to production of new-generation SMIC chips. Photo: Reuters.
(ATF) Chinese chip maker SMIC is reportedly developing high-performance chips to satisfy demand from troubled technology giant Huawei and other domestic companies.
China’s largest and most advanced semiconductor manufacturer is using foreign technology to achieve its goal, according to documents seen by Chinese news website Qweikejishou.
According to the report, some investors and firms including Huawei have asked SMIC to begin mass producing of next-generation chips. Huawei is scouting for high-end fabricators to provide components for its smartphones and other devices after its main supplier, Taiwan’s TSMC, halted shipments when US sanctions were slapped on the Shenzhen-based tech giant.
TECH NEWS: World’s biggest chipmaker expected to absorb loss of Huawei business
The SMIC move will also China’s broader economic goals; it has decided to increase its chip self-sufficiency rate to 70% within five years, hastened by the White House measures, which bar American technology, such as that used by TSMC, from being incorporated into Chinese tech products.
But the domestic industry will need to hold core technology patents if it wishes to meet the stated goals. To that end, the government is aggressively hunting for talent in the field and has made that a top national priority.
SMIC is the most advanced and largest wafer foundry in mainland China and has the greatest international reach and operations. Founded by dissenters from TSMC, it has mastered production of 90nm, 28nm and 14nm chip standards. The first generation of 14nm technology has already entered the mass production stage.
But SMIC’s best products can’t compete with flagship rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon, and there is a huge gap between its 14nm products and TSMC's 5nm standard. It will take time for SMIC to enter the level of high-end foundry chip manufacturing.
SMIC’s best products can’t compete with flagship rivals such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The tech website claims the documents who SMIC’s 14nm chips can already meet most of the technology industry’s daily production needs for microchips. SMIC stated that the second-generation FinFET technology platform has also entered the customer introduction stage and is simultaneously developing next-generation process technologies.
According to information disclosed by SMIC chief executive Liang Mengsong, the N+1 process has 20 times higher performance than 14nm, power consumption has been reduced by 7%, and its size cut by 63%. This kind of process is equivalent to 8nm technology and SMIC expects to enter small-batch production of format by the end of the year.
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The advantage of the new product lies in its lower costs and the craftsmanship that has gone into developing the chip is “on the next level”. According to SMIC’s N+1 process, 8nm can be produced without a photolithography machine.
Reducing the dependence on lithography machines is of great significance to independent research and the development of process technology. It will bring SMIC closer to producing mainstream 7nm technology and at that level will become the third-largest foundry in the world, second only to Samsung and TSMC.
SMIC will be the fourth company to enter the 10nm-and-lower process market and could join Samsung, TSMC and Intel in the future “top players” list, the report states.
But SMIC has some time before that happens. Upgrading its process technology to 8nm won’t happen overnight. Reports suggest it will begin trial production at the end of this year but mass production will take much longer.
While some have questioned how SMIC can produce 8nm without a lithography machine the report concedes “nothing is absolute”.
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typical POS nepotism writer. SMIC and Qualcomm are incomparable. SMIC even used to fab for Qualcomm in 2014. And "producing 8 nm without photolithography"... who hired this guy?
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He probably got hired because of white privilege.
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SMIC has been sanctioned.
Time to finally do the rare earth ban.
And to do this.
Wartime Law on Industrial Property (Kogyo Shoyuken Senji Ho) was a special law enacted by the Government of Japan in 1917, which declared that any patents owned by the nationals of countries in a state of war with Japan no longer had effect. The impact of this law was both immense and lasting, because a majority of drugs had been invented in Germany and this law meant that Japanese companies could produce them without worrying about patent infringement.
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Time to finally do the rare earth ban.
And to do this.
Wartime Law on Industrial Property (Kogyo Shoyuken Senji Ho) was a special law enacted by the Government of Japan in 1917, which declared that any patents owned by the nationals of countries in a state of war with Japan no longer had effect. The impact of this law was both immense and lasting, because a majority of drugs had been invented in Germany and this law meant that Japanese companies could produce them without worrying about patent infringement.
Wartime Law on Industrial Property (Japan) - Wikipedia
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Unilateral sanction by US Presidenr Exec Order is basically against International Law and no nation need to obey or comply with them.
Example. WTO has rule that Trump Tariff is illegal and that is why 3500 US companies immediately filed their Court case against the Trump administration.
The action taken by Trump is deemed as racist.
But can it stopped the rise of China today?
Trump wish may come true, it will soon be a worls without US technology.
No MSC will filed its patent right in USA.
Now will Trump signed another executive order to ban Windows and MS office?
Example. WTO has rule that Trump Tariff is illegal and that is why 3500 US companies immediately filed their Court case against the Trump administration.
The action taken by Trump is deemed as racist.
But can it stopped the rise of China today?
Trump wish may come true, it will soon be a worls without US technology.
No MSC will filed its patent right in USA.
Now will Trump signed another executive order to ban Windows and MS office?
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Chinese firm's ArF photoresist makes major breakthrough and can be used for 7nm process
2020-05-22 21:57:11 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
As one of the key technologies for semiconductors, many people only know about photolithography, but do not know the importance of photoresist.
This market is also monopolized by Japanese and American companies, with TOP 5 players accounting for 85% of the global market.
Chinese photoresist was previously only used in low-end process lines, which can achieve G (436nm) and I (365nm) levels.
At present, the main ArF photoresist used in China is still imported, EUV photoresist is not yet produced by any company, it is basically controlled by Japanese company.
However, EUV photoresist is not urgently needed, because China does not yet have mass production of EUV process, 193nm ArF photoresist is even more important, there are several companies in China are currently working on this kind of photoresist, which can be used in advanced process from 28nm to 7nm process.
Today, Jiangsu Nata Opto said that the company's ArF photoresist is on track for customer testing, which means that China's ArF photoresist technology has made an important breakthrough, moving from R&D to production.
According to Nata's previous information, the company started developing the 193nm photoresist project in 2017 and has been awarded the project "02 Special Project" by the State.
The company plans to reach an annual production capacity of 25 tons of 193nm (ArF dry and submerged) photoresist products that will meet the demand standards of the integrated circuit industry through three years of construction, production and sales.
cntechpost.com
2020-05-22 21:57:11 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
As one of the key technologies for semiconductors, many people only know about photolithography, but do not know the importance of photoresist.
This market is also monopolized by Japanese and American companies, with TOP 5 players accounting for 85% of the global market.
Chinese photoresist was previously only used in low-end process lines, which can achieve G (436nm) and I (365nm) levels.
At present, the main ArF photoresist used in China is still imported, EUV photoresist is not yet produced by any company, it is basically controlled by Japanese company.
However, EUV photoresist is not urgently needed, because China does not yet have mass production of EUV process, 193nm ArF photoresist is even more important, there are several companies in China are currently working on this kind of photoresist, which can be used in advanced process from 28nm to 7nm process.
Today, Jiangsu Nata Opto said that the company's ArF photoresist is on track for customer testing, which means that China's ArF photoresist technology has made an important breakthrough, moving from R&D to production.
According to Nata's previous information, the company started developing the 193nm photoresist project in 2017 and has been awarded the project "02 Special Project" by the State.
The company plans to reach an annual production capacity of 25 tons of 193nm (ArF dry and submerged) photoresist products that will meet the demand standards of the integrated circuit industry through three years of construction, production and sales.
Chinese firm's ArF photoresist makes major breakthrough and can be used for 7nm process - CnTechPost
As one of the key technologies for semiconductors, many people only know about photolithography, but do not know the importance of photoresist.
cntechpost.com
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The american think too highly of themselves. We will sell these chips at half price of TSMC and bankrupt TSMC.Chinese firm's ArF photoresist makes major breakthrough and can be used for 7nm process
2020-05-22 21:57:11 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
As one of the key technologies for semiconductors, many people only know about photolithography, but do not know the importance of photoresist.
This market is also monopolized by Japanese and American companies, with TOP 5 players accounting for 85% of the global market.
Chinese photoresist was previously only used in low-end process lines, which can achieve G (436nm) and I (365nm) levels.
At present, the main ArF photoresist used in China is still imported, EUV photoresist is not yet produced by any company, it is basically controlled by Japanese company.
However, EUV photoresist is not urgently needed, because China does not yet have mass production of EUV process, 193nm ArF photoresist is even more important, there are several companies in China are currently working on this kind of photoresist, which can be used in advanced process from 28nm to 7nm process.
Today, Jiangsu Nata Opto said that the company's ArF photoresist is on track for customer testing, which means that China's ArF photoresist technology has made an important breakthrough, moving from R&D to production.
According to Nata's previous information, the company started developing the 193nm photoresist project in 2017 and has been awarded the project "02 Special Project" by the State.
The company plans to reach an annual production capacity of 25 tons of 193nm (ArF dry and submerged) photoresist products that will meet the demand standards of the integrated circuit industry through three years of construction, production and sales.
Chinese firm's ArF photoresist makes major breakthrough and can be used for 7nm process - CnTechPost
As one of the key technologies for semiconductors, many people only know about photolithography, but do not know the importance of photoresist.
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With the direction China Taiwan relations are heading, I wouldn't be surprised if TSMC becomes Chinese by year end.The american think too highly of themselves. We will sell these chips at half price of TSMC and bankrupt TSMC.
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Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin to release stand alone GPU this year
2020-07-08 18:53:57 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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In a redesigned official website, Chinese CPU maker Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor talked for the first time about its plans to launch stand alone GPU products.
In the video, a Zhaoxin executive said the GPU products will be based on TSMC's 28nm process and its power consumption is around 70W.
Zhaoxin said that this will fill a gap in China's GPU space.
The video also mentioned that Zhaoxin will launch products for laptops and Pad this year, targeting portable devices.
Zhaoxin will also launch a multi-core server offering that is on par with Intel's mid- to high-end offerings.
On July 7, Zhaoxin said its website (www. zhaoxin.com) was completely redesigned.
The new website presents hot information in the form of videos, and products about Zhaoxin CPUs in the general-purpose processor section.
It also has a solutions section that showcases Zhaoxin CPU-based desktops, laptops, and cloud terminals.
Zhaoxin, which roughly translates to "million core", is a Chinese state-owned holding company established in 2013.
Zhaoxin is 80% owned by a subsidiary of Shanghai SASAC, with the remaining shares mainly held by VIA Technologies.
The company is headquartered in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, with R&D centers and branch offices in Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan, and Shenzhen.
2020-07-08 18:53:57 GMT+8 | cnTechPost
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In a redesigned official website, Chinese CPU maker Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor talked for the first time about its plans to launch stand alone GPU products.
In the video, a Zhaoxin executive said the GPU products will be based on TSMC's 28nm process and its power consumption is around 70W.
Zhaoxin said that this will fill a gap in China's GPU space.
The video also mentioned that Zhaoxin will launch products for laptops and Pad this year, targeting portable devices.
Zhaoxin will also launch a multi-core server offering that is on par with Intel's mid- to high-end offerings.
On July 7, Zhaoxin said its website (www. zhaoxin.com) was completely redesigned.
The new website presents hot information in the form of videos, and products about Zhaoxin CPUs in the general-purpose processor section.
It also has a solutions section that showcases Zhaoxin CPU-based desktops, laptops, and cloud terminals.
Zhaoxin, which roughly translates to "million core", is a Chinese state-owned holding company established in 2013.
Zhaoxin is 80% owned by a subsidiary of Shanghai SASAC, with the remaining shares mainly held by VIA Technologies.
The company is headquartered in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, with R&D centers and branch offices in Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan, and Shenzhen.
