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The United States Commerce Department is investigating whether SMIC illegally obtained US tools to make the Kirin 9000S chip. According to Alan Estevez, a senior official in the department, the chip maker potentially broke export rules, but the situation is still being assessed. The announcement comes after a congressional hearing earlier this week and reports that the Biden administration is considering a ban on 4 more chip makers, including Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), Huawei's provider of…

According to a report from Bloomberg, Huawei and SMIC used US tech in order to make its 7nm processor. The chip in question is the Kirin 9000S which fuels the company’s flagship Mate 60 series of phones. Well, amongst some other devices. That chip was manufactured last year, and Bloomberg reports that SMIC used technology from California Applied Materials Inc. and Lam Research Corp in order to make this chip a reality. Huawei & SMIC used US tech to make a 7nm SoC, but they did not break any rules while doing so…

We've seen Huawei's surprising strides with its recent smartphones — especially the in-house 7nm 5G processor within, but apparently the company has been working on something far more significant to bypass the US import ban. According to a new Bloomberg investigation, a Shenzhen city government investment fund created in 2019 has been helping Huawei build "a self-sufficient chip network."Such a network would give the tech giant access to enterprises — most notably, the three subsidiaries under a firm called SiCarrier —…

Huawei plans to make a comeback in the 5G smartphone industry by the end of this year, according to research firms.In May 2019, Huawei faced a ban in the US and was placed on a list that prevents American firms from selling goods or services to them without a licence, resulting in the Chinese brand being cut off from accessing 5G chipsets.A recent report by Reuters suggests that Huawei could soon resume using 5G chipsets that would be jointly developed with China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation…

Chinese chip design company Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies is seeking to raise CNY 10 billion (roughly Rs. 12,150 crore) in a new funding round that will value the firm at about CNY 70 billion (roughly Rs. 85,000 crore), three people with knowledge of the deal told Reuters.Unisoc has approached several state-backed investment funds for the round, tapping increased local investor interest in China's domestic chip industry, which is gearing up to be more self-sufficient in the face of US pressure, the people said.One of the…

China's largest chip maker SMIC is ramping up production of a decade-old chip technology, key to many industries' supply chains, setting off alarm bells in the United States and prompting some lawmakers to try to stop them.The United States and allied nations could further step up restrictions if China announces a $144 billion support package for its chip industry, as Reuters exclusively reported on Tuesday, said TechInsights' chip economist Dan Hutcheson.Starting with the Trump administration, the United States has been…

Major Apple supplier and iPhone assembler Foxconn said on Tuesday it had hired Chiang Shang-yi, a former top executive at Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC and Chinese chipmaker SMIC, to lead its growing push in the chip business.Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is best known for assembling iPhones and other Apple products, though in recent years it has been expanding into chips to diversify its business.It bought a chip plant from Taiwan chipmaker Macronix International last year and in September announced…

Major Apple Inc supplier and iPhone assembler Foxconn said it had hired Chiang Shang-yi, a former top executive at Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC and Chinese chipmaker SMIC, to lead its growing push in the chip business. Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is best known for assembling iPhones and other Apple products, though in recent years it has been expanding into chips to diversify its business. It bought a chip plant from Taiwan chipmaker Macronix International last year and in September announced a…

Chinese chip foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) reported a 34.7% rise in third-quarter revenue and lifted its capital expenditure plan, but missed estimates and warned investors about the impact of export controls from the US. The company generated revenue of $1.91 billion in the quarter, up from $1.42 billion in the same period a year earlier but below analyst expectations of $1.94 billion. Net profit, meanwhile, rose 54.1% to $574.4 million, while gross profit increased 58.6% to $742.2…

Chinese state media on Thursday said that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. had initiated mass production of chips on its 14nm-class fabrication process at its Fab SN1 near Shanghai, China, citing a local official. Perhaps more importantly, the report also claimed that despite being unable to procure advanced chip production equipment, the company is proceeding with its 7nm and 5nm-class nodes."With the completion of Shanghai's industry cluster for the 14nm chips, more advanced projects in the 7nm and 5nm…