DJI and SMIC join Huawei on the US' Entity List

[Redaktion]

SMIC is a chipmaker that recently reported the development of its own 7 nanometer (nm) node. However, its plans for this silicon may have become somewhat limited, as the outgoing Trump administration has followed through on a threat to place the foundry on its trade blacklist. The drone OEM DJI is another big name in the latest rounds of these sanctions.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/DJI-and-SMIC-join-Huawei-on-the-US-Entity-List.511099.0.html

[Buoi]

When chinese company banned by USA.
Thats mean that company do extra ordinary jobs.

[Tov]

This is what they deserved when they  can produce 7nm while US still stuck at 10nm(limited quantity mostly 14++++++++).

[kek]

Good. We need less of these sketchy and untrustworthy companies in the world

[S.Yu]

SMIC just lost their leading chip designer Liang, responsible for leading them from 14nm to 7nm and previously leading Samsung from 28nm to 14nm, to office politics, because the board thought it was a good idea to bring Liang's former boss at TSMC over without prior notification, to be his boss here at SMIC again. I have to admit I didn't see that coming.

[S.Yu]

This is what they deserved when they  can produce 7nm while US still stuck at 10nm(limited quantity mostly 14++++++++).

Their density is close to TSMC's 1st gen 7nm(probably slightly denser than Intel's current 10nm Superfin), but the process doesn't support high power chips and performance figures are very conservative, not even catching up with Intel.
Oh, BTW SMIC's 7nm hasn't even entered mass production, in case you didn't notice.