Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor.

Huawei and SMIC quietly rolled out a new Kirin 9000C processor.

Chinese foundry SMIC may have broken the 5nm process barrier, as evidenced by a new Huawei laptop listed with an advanced chip with 5nm manufacturing tech — a feat previously thought impossible due to U.S sanctions.

  • Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    STATE INTERVENTION … is a free-market cheat code

    They’re speedrunning chip development by using exploits the capitalists didn’t intend. Sure, this looks impressive, but I only respect glitchless runs