SemiAnalysis and HighYield have collaborated on analysis of a chip made with China's best process technology:
Is SMIC N+3’s Metal Pitch Smaller than Intel 18A’s?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbpjiQNUMs
tl;dw: impressive results with only DUV, but still a few years behind the West, however, China is doggedly and deliberately building their own advanced #semiconductors manufacturing ecosystem to eventually eliminate reliance on the West after years of export controls, etc.
#SemiAnalysis #HighYield
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