US government wants more sanctions against Chinese chip makers
Wants to set the Chinese back ten years
The US government is working on even tighter restrictions to set Chinese chipmakers back nearly a decade.
China moving to chiplet design
Who needs leading edge production nodes
Chinese chipmakers are getting around US sanctions on advanced processing by building processors with a higher core count using a chiplet design.
US government blacklists Chinese chipmaker
No US tech for you
The US government has stepped up a feud with Beijing over security by adding China’s biggest maker of processor chips to a blacklist that limits access to American technology and investment.
Blink, and you won’t miss it
Security system to monitor your home
Immedia Software said it has started selling its security system in the UK. The system works by using a “sync” hub to your wi-fi and installing cameras in different locations in your house.
SMIC boosts 28nm process chips
20 million in the fourth quarter
SMIC is to jack up shipments of its 28nm process technology to 20 million chips in the fourth quarter of 2016 – double from the last quarter.
HiSilicon becomes SMIC's 28nm customer
Good yield on 28 nm
HiSilicon, which is an outfit created by Broadcom and Huawei, has signed up for SMIC's process technology.
UMC scoops up 28nm SoC orders from TSMC
Qualcomm and MediaTek take the plunge
Last week it emerged that TSMC may be losing some 28nm orders to other foundries, and now it appears that UMC is snatching its business.