Xiaomi Successfully Tapped Out China's First 3nm SoC
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It's (almost) like who/whatever is writing the story doesn't actually understand the context.
There’s this whole drama with Arm China, which was effectively stolen from Arm’s control. I haven’t followed it super closely in recent years but here’s some recent news
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/arm-wants-to...
That being said, assuming that the Chinese “3nm” is comparable to the rest of the industry’s nodes, I highly doubt they can make it. “7nm” is/was the last node size that could be produced without EUV (while still economically viable). And that was with multiple-patterning on Immersion scanners.
China doesn’t and can’t have EUV. They do have Immersion, but that’s now also under export controls.
"The Trump administration spelled chaos for the National Security Council: key figures abruptly departed, and a large amount of people were dismissed. Under the Biden administration, however, the staff expanded to more than 350 people, all united in orchestrating the plan to halt China’s advance and boost the American chip industry with billions in state aid. The NSC also ensured that the relevant departments adhered to the established strategy. Geopolitics demands discipline, not a cackling henhouse. Even before he was sworn in, Joe Biden pulled out all the diplomatic stops to coordinate export restrictions with allies. America started playing chess on several boards at once. In the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), a strategic dialogue between the EU and the US, discussions included export restrictions and stimulus plans for the domestic chip industry."
If the US desires so they can block software technology and laser technology for exports to ASML using de minimis rules (which doesn't bother if the end product uses less than 25% of US tech), in that sense, they send that number to 0% and a fight broke up
Hopefully they won't and the human race can advance further
Famous last words. /s
China has tried to create them in house, they have brought talent from TSMC, chinese employees whom worked in ASML, yet it is way too complex. No country in the world has all the pieces and even though it took decades to ASML to breakthrough with EUV.
And now they are working with high numerical amplitude (high NA) systems, even further.
My fear is after Wennick and Van Den Brink, we don't know if the show may go on. Hope they found their Tim Cook.
The US still has Jepsen Huang and Lisa Su. But I'm sure the next generation of semiconductor golden boys is growing up in China. The military discipline and community values they exude is admirable. In that sense Taiwan, Japan and Korea served the US, who shared the bonanza of being the benign world hegemon for almost a century.
Even though, I may be wrong, the words of Buffet always follow my analysis: never bet against the US