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China's MASS PRODUCTION of Cutting-Edge Lithography Tech Begins!


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Again ???

 

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China’s SMIC Benefits From AI Chip Boom In Spite Of Sanctions​

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The chief executive of China’s biggest domestic chip manufacturer, SMIC, said the firm is benefiting from the AI boom in spite of US-led restrictions that prevent it from manufacturing advanced semiconductors.

While the restrictions mean SMIC doesn’t have the technology to produce advanced AI chips, it has seen revenues rise from more mature chips needed for AI infrastructure, said SMIC co-chief executive Zhao Haijun during a call with analysts.

“We can’t produce competitive products such as GPUs due to caps on manufacturing nodes, but we can produce other AI-related products such as analogue and power-supply chips used for AI products,” he said.

Graphics processing units, or GPUs, originally developed for video acceleration tasks have become a hot commodity for their ability to carry out processor-intensive AI chores such as training and inference.

 

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Exclusive: US ordered TSMC to halt shipments to China of chips used in AI applications​

By Karen Freifeld and Fanny Potkin
November 10, 20241:12 PM GMT+8Updated a day ago

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NEW YORK/SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), opens new tab to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips, of 7 nanometer or more advanced designs, destined for China that power AI accelerator and graphics processing units (GPU), the person said.

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The U.S. order, which is being reported for the first time, comes just weeks after TSMC notified the Commerce Department that one of its chips had been found in a Huawei AI processor, as Reuters reported last month. Tech research firm Tech Insights had taken apart the product, revealing the TSMC chip and apparent violation of export controls.
Huawei, at the center of the U.S. action, is on a restricted trade list, which requires suppliers to obtain licenses to ship any goods or technology to the company. Any license that could aid Huawei's AI efforts would likely be denied.

 

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US killing all these businesses to maintain its dominance. Ot is going to be a tumultuous next few years as US trying to split the world in two. Either you stay submissive under US umbrella or be branded as a enemy.

 

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