China-made Chips

OPPO is about to announce the results of its own chip project, and it's not a System on a chip (SoC) application at its core, a tech blogger said on Weibo Monday.

Xiaomi said on Friday it will launch a new self-made chip in its Surge series at the planned event on March 29, marking the chip's return after four years without any new releases.

Baidu Kunlun chip business recently completed the signing of an independent financing agreement with a post-investment valuation of approximately RMB 13 billion ($2 billion).

Huawei's semiconductor business HiSilicon will launch the Kirin 9000L chip, which uses Samsung's 5nm EUV process, several Weibo users said recently.

New investment in the project is estimated at $2.35 billion. SMIC Shenzhen will be owned 55% by SMIC and no more than 23% by the Shenzhen government.

A Chinese company has announced the successful production of an ion implantation machine made entirely with local technologies, marking a breakthrough in a key aspect of chip manufacturing, Xinhua reported on March 17.

The report said ByteDance is actively building an AI chip team and has offered many chip-related positions on Chinese recruitment platforms.

Chinese chipmaker Loongson recently said that Loongson 3A5000 and 3C5000 made with 12nm process will be launched soon.

China's leading contract chipmaker SMIC's 14nm process yields have reached 90-95 percent, tying TSMC's equivalent process.

The Shanghai Securities News quoted senior industry sources as saying that, in addition to EUV lithography, SMIC can buy almost all other types of lithography, including DUV lithography.