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Their strategy has been to set up their own foundries, which they have. SMIC is a Chinese-owned fab company with sites on the mainland. Because Taiwan is close
by ajb 4y ago
Their strategy has been to set up their own foundries, which they have. SMIC is a Chinese-owned fab company with sites on the mainland. Because Taiwan is close and shares a language, they have been able to recruit and train staff who know how to operate a fab. SMIC didn't have a good reputation for quality when I last heard (which was ages ago), but that's just a yield/cost issue so I don't think they would have difficulty scaling it up if they are cut off from the west.
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoSMIC needs photolithography machines from Dutch company ASML. Sale of further machines has already been blocked by US. When their current machines fail for lack of maintenance and spare parts, they can't make chips anymore.