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Image in the article says TSMC 28nm. https://www.cnx-software.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/PicoRio-RISC-V-SBC-Raspberry-Pi-Alternative.jpg https://www.cnx-so

• monocasa 6y ago
  Lol, oh well, it was a good idea. Thanks for the citation!
• throwaway4good 6y ago
  That the US has gotten TSMC to boycot Huawei is quite recent. The deal for this was probably done before the latest sanctions. TSMC has massive economies of scale and are just very hard for alternatives to compete with.
  • prox 6y ago
    Do you have an overview or link how that has come to be by any chance?
    • throwaway4good 6y ago
      I am sorry I don't but the fab industry with its billion-dollar machines that pops out chips at a marginal cost of a dollar a piece should be a textbook example of a natural monopoly.
    • brucehoult 6y ago
      It's a slide from a presentation given at the RISC-V Global Forum, held online on September 3.
      • prox 6y ago
        Thank you!
• throwaway4good 6y ago
  Apparantly we are in for another major escalation of the chip wars: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-smic-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-weighs-blacklisting-chinas-chipmaker-smic-idUSKBN25V2VR https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-smic-exclusive/... Exclusive: Trump administration weighs blacklisting China's chipmaker SMIC
  • dis-sys 6y ago
    The message here is clear - US is not a reliable tech vendor. This is the exact reason why RISC-V is getting increasingly more attentions.
  • fluffything 6y ago
    I'm all in SMIC stocks. You can get a sizeable part of the company today for cheap, and if sanctions continue, and issues with Taiwan scalate, China is going to go all-in SMIC as well.
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