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wait isn't 7nm pretty good, the hacker news story about a new thing by intel used 7nm too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37315802 https://news.ycombinator
by ftxbro 3y ago
wait isn't 7nm pretty good, the hacker news story about a new thing by intel used 7nm too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37315802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37315802 probably you could do some stuff with enough 7nm chips
> a lot of tech breakthrus needed to overcome lack of access to EUVs, TSMC foundries & American RF supply chain
and not even use EUV at all? that is a pretty small number of nanometers
- wmf 3y agoKeep in mind that Intel is years behind. TSMC N7 came out in 2018 so SMIC is ~5 years behind. Samsung 7LPP uses EUV but TSMC N7 and Intel 7 don't so it's not required. Without EUV, SMIC will probably be stuck at 7 nm for many years while other fabs reach 2 nm.
- ftxbro 3y agomaybe they will go straight into quantum computing and not bother with archaic liquid tin laser printers
- throwaway4good 3y agoI think SMIC / Huawei will have mass production EUV within two or three years.
- wmf 3y agoWhere do you think they're getting the tooling?
- throwaway4good 3y agoThey are making it themselves ... all of it.