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They were added to the ever growing sanction list this year: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/Taiwan-chip-maker-halts-business-with-US-blac
by throwaway4good 5y ago
They were added to the ever growing sanction list this year:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/Taiwan-chip-maker-halts-business-with-US-blacklisted-Phytium https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/Taiwan-...
- throwaway4good 5y agoMy guess it is too late to prevent Chinese progress in any meaningful way. As of now they can probably fab in chips in adequate resolution using Chinese fabs.
- DeathArrow 5y agoThey are limited to 28nm process nodes - of which I think they don't have a very large capacity and they hope to be able to use 14nm the next year. They are also trying to somehow implement EUV but they have missing pieces.
- throwaway4good 5y agoI don't believe any of the Phytium processors are fabbed with EUV.
- throwaway4good 5y agoSMIC surely has the capacity and does higher resolution than 28nm. Are you referring to "pure Chinese" fabs with all Chinese equipment?
- mytailorisrich 5y agoThis was in April so it's most likely that they had already delivered the chips for this, and in fact those new sanctions are most likely a response to US intelligence on their progress.