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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by nyokodo on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @09:30AM (#35151162)
> Doesn’t China create advanced electronics?

It creates advanced electronics in the sense that it assembles them. It does not manufacture advanced or even mid-grade chips though which is the crucial point. That’s all Taiwan, Korea, Japan, USA.

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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by kube-system on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @10:10AM (#35151794)
I’m not sure that 7nm is not good enough to be called “mid-grade”, but SMIC definitely has the capability of manufacturing chips good enough to get to space.
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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by spacebanana7 on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @10:40AM (#35152256)
Advanced stuff isn't necessary for space, most rockets/aerospace worked fine with 1960s tech. Obviously nicer chips can be useful, but it's not like TSMC/Samsung are necessary conditions for getting to the moon or making an ICBM.
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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by convolvatron on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:00AM (#35152557)
Rad hardened chips use really large node sizes
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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by sudosysgen on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @03:53PM (#35157387)
SMIC makes 7nm chips, which is considered high-end. It's not the highest of the high end, but it's not far from that, and it's definitely considered high-end.
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