How Huawei made a cutting-edge chip in China and surprised the US

summary

7 nm can be done without EUV machines when higher production costs and lower yields are accepted.

SMIC brings experts from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Germany to improve their productivity.

China will eventually run out of some machinery they need after all spares they hoarded run out.

Chinese government has invested $290.8 billion into semiconductor-related sectors in 2021 and 2022.