China-made Chips
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Baidu Kunlun chip business closes independent financing agreement
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).
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HiSilicon said to launch Kirin 9000L chip with Samsung 5nm EUV process
Huawei's semiconductor business HiSilicon will launch the Kirin 9000L chip, which uses Samsung's 5nm EUV process, several Weibo users said recently.
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SMIC plans to build new 28nm wafer fab in Shenzhen
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.
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China makes breakthrough in a key step in chip manufacturing
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.
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TikTok owner ByteDance is making its own AI chips
The report said ByteDance is actively building an AI chip team and has offered many chip-related positions on Chinese recruitment platforms.
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Chinese chipmaker Loongson's new 12nm chips coming soon
Chinese chipmaker Loongson recently said that Loongson 3A5000 and 3C5000 made with 12nm process will be launched soon.
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SMIC's product yields using 14nm process said to have reached TSMC's level
China's leading contract chipmaker SMIC's 14nm process yields have reached 90-95 percent, tying TSMC's equivalent process.
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SMIC said to have access to almost all types of ASML lithography except EUV lithography
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.
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China to give greater support to chip industry, MIIT says
The Chinese government will give strong support to the chip industry at the national level, a Chinese official said today.
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China-made millimeter wave chip sets world record for detection distance
A Chinese research institute released a high-performance 77 GHz millimeter wave chip and module on February 17, with a detection distance of 38.5 meters, setting a new global record for the longest detection distance of a millimeter-wave packaged antenna.