hijack from War Games: Russia Takes Ukraine, China Takes Taiwan. US Response?

[SergUpstart]

Shanghai SSEC, which is Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, has successfully mastered the production of chips according to 7nm standards. https://www.asiafinancial.com/chinas-smic-beats-sanctions-to-make-7nm-chips-techinsights

[MigL]

7 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

Shanghai SSEC, which is Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, has successfully mastered the production of chips according to 7nm standards.

A little late to the party; TSMC has been doing 7nm for a couple of years and is set to introduce their 2nm process in about a year and a half.

"In semiconductor manufacturing, the 2 nm process is the next MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) die shrink after the 3 nm process node. As of May 2022, TSMC plans to begin risk 2 nm production at the end of 2024 and mass production in 2025;^[1][2] Intel forecasts production in 2024,^[3] and South Korean chipmaker Samsung in 2025."

2 nm process - Wikipedia

But what has any of this have to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine ???

[StringJunky]

38 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

Shanghai SSEC, which is Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, has successfully mastered the production of chips according to 7nm standards. https://www.asiafinancial.com/chinas-smic-beats-sanctions-to-make-7nm-chips-techinsights

You clearly see different from most here, and I gave you +1 because that's the kind of thing we want to see: just facts.

 

24 minutes ago, MigL said:

A little late to the party; TSMC has been doing 7nm for a couple of years and is set to introduce their 2nm process in about a year and a half.

"In semiconductor manufacturing, the 2 nm process is the next MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) die shrink after the 3 nm process node. As of May 2022, TSMC plans to begin risk 2 nm production at the end of 2024 and mass production in 2025;^[1][2] Intel forecasts production in 2024,^[3] and South Korean chipmaker Samsung in 2025."

2 nm process - Wikipedia

But what has any of this have to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine ???

It's showing that Russia has alternative sources becoming available. I guess there might be more aggressive economic wrestling for the upperhand as time goes on now between the west and China. If Beijing become geopolitically dominant that may well enable other despotically-run countries to piggy-back on China's influence.

Edited July 22, 2022 by StringJunky

[SergUpstart]

9 hours ago, MigL said:

But what has any of this have to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine ???

In the title of the topic, in addition to Ukraine, there is also Taiwan.

[iNow]

11 hours ago, SergUpstart said:

In the title of the topic, in addition to Ukraine, there is also Taiwan.

Correct, but invasion is the key verb, not semiconductor manufacturing capability