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Sovereign Tech

Digital sovereignty, meaning the push (mostly European) to stop running the whole stack, from cloud to chips to models, on someone else’s terms. Half of it is real strategy and half is political theater, and sorting out which is which is most of what I do here.

Infographic titled SMIC and the EUV Wall: China's Semiconductor Ceiling, contrasting SMIC DUV multipattering and EUV-based chip yields
AI · 01/20/2026

SMIC and the EUV Wall

SMIC EUV does not exist and under current rules never will, and that single absence is the wall that decides whether China's foundry can…

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Intel 14A: The Node That Needs a Customer — infographic highlighting key technologies: High-NA EUV, RibbonFET, and Backside PowerVia, split between internal and foundry use cases
CHIPS & AI · 01/15/2026

Intel 14A: The Node That Needs a Customer

Intel 14A uses High-NA EUV and may not be built at all unless outside foundry customers commit, the node where Intel Foundry either becomes…

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m1k.tech Jolla Russia Separation – Sailfish Rebrand 2024, featuring the Sailfish OS logo with a dramatic shattering effect
CONSUMER TECH & HARDWARE · 06/13/2024

Jolla’s Russian separation: what actually happened

Jolla Russia is a closed chapter. The two-year separation from Open Mobile Platform finally completed in June 2024, costing Jolla its largest revenue source…

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Intel 3: The First Foundry Node — m1k.tech article header with a glowing circuit board illustration
CHIPS & AI · 06/04/2024

Intel 3: The First Node Built to Be Sold

Intel 3 marks a pivotal point in Intel's strategy, serving as its first foundry node designed for external customers. As the company aims to…

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SMIC 5nm Pushing DUV Past Reason — milk.tech article cover with a glowing circuit board illustration
AI · 05/20/2024

SMIC 5nm: Pushing DUV Past Reason

SMIC 5nm means leading-edge logic on DUV at punishing cost, driven by China's need to build Huawei's Ascend AI chips after the US banned…

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CHIPS & AI · 09/05/2023

SMIC 7nm: The Mate 60 Shock

SMIC 7nm shipped in the Huawei Mate 60 Pro's Kirin 9000S, a DUV-built chip that proved export controls could not cap China at 14nm.…

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