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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by zer00eyz on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @06:26AM (#39452536)
Sorry but do you have a source for this?

Everything I have read/seen not only points to the Chinese being decades behind but their efforts being black holes of money time and effort that yield NO progress.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by mnau on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:57AM (#39453213)
Huawei design division was on par with apple. Ymtc was first in the market with 200+ layer NAND.

Their domestic share of semi equipment machines with publuc tenders (=legacy) has gone through the roof and is over 60% (was 10? I think five years ago). These are legacy, so unsanctioned tools.

There is a lot of waste, but there are results.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by zer00eyz on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @09:17AM (#39454081)
> Huawei design division was on par with apple.

https://www.techinsights.com/blog/techinsights-finds-smic-7n...

7nm and 3nm are not even in the same ballpark.

And the legacy tech is useful, but this isnt "progress" its production. The distinction is large, production did not sustain declining producers.

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