China cranks out homegrown DUV kit
China is reportedly making homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, giving ASML and Washington something fresh…
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SMIC’s 7nm win has strings attached
SMIC has squeezed more from old DUV kit, but the Kirin 9030 is not troubling…
Huawei muscles in on China’s AI chips
Huawei is trying to eat Nvidia’s lunch in China. The Shenzhen outfit is set to…
US wants to pull the DUV plug on China
Washington is eyeing another chokehold on China’s chip ambitions. US lawmakers are moving toward banning…
US tries to bin Chinese memory while everyone else desperate for RAM
Idiots in the US government have decided that the best way to handle a nationwide…
SMIC hunting for packaging magic
China’s biggest foundry, SMIC, wants tighter ties with the testing crowd, hoping backend tricks can…
Beijing orders fabs to buy Chinese kit
A 50 per cent equipment rule is forcing chipmakers to ditch foreign tools Beijing is…
SMIC trials first advanced DUV tool made in Shanghai
Homebrew lithography China’s top chipmaker is having a crack at running its factories on homegrown…
Taiwan says no to Huawei and SMIC
Silicon Island tightens the screws Taiwan has just thrown a sizeable spanner into China’s semiconductor…
SMIC profit surges as Beijing throws cash at chipmakers
Stimulus and stockpiling drive gains, but hangover looms China’s top foundry, SMIC has seen its quarterly…