CHIPS & AI
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04/20/2021
SMIC N+1: A 7nm-Class Node Behind a Closed Door
SMIC N+1 is a 7nm-class node built without EUV, after the 2020 Entity List cut SMIC off from the one machine the industry uses…
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CHIPS & AI
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11/15/2019
SMIC 14nm: China Climbs the FinFET Cliff
SMIC 14nm was China's first homegrown FinFET, architected by Liang Mong Song and built for Huawei, proving SMIC could do leading-edge engineering at last.
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CHIPS & AI
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10/15/2015
SMIC 28nm: The Hard Wall Before the Leading Edge
SMIC 28nm reached volume in 2015, four years late after a long yield struggle, just as the leading edge moved to FinFET and left…
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CHIPS & AI
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06/20/2011
SMIC 45nm: The Mature-Node Foundry Finds Its Floor
SMIC 45nm was the company's most current node yet, reached two years behind the leaders, the year after SMIC turned its first profit since…
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CHIPS & AI
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11/12/2009
SMIC 65nm and the Price of Catching Up
SMIC 65nm arrived in November 2009, the week TSMC won its trade-secret case, took a stake of up to 10 percent, and founder Richard…
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CHIPS & AI
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06/20/2006
SMIC 90nm: Climbing on Borrowed Knowledge
SMIC 90nm put the Shanghai foundry two nodes behind the leaders and closing, climbing alone on imported tools and hired talent while the settled…
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