Tag Archives: SMIC

China’s Chip Industry Is Doomed

This is a story that’s been bubbling on for a while, but it looks like the U.S. government is about to slam down export restrictions on chipmaking equipment. The administration of US President Joe Biden next month is to broaden … Continue reading →

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Why Russian Technology Is Screwed

Welcome to another in the continuing “Why Russia’s X Is Screwed” series! It seems that Russia’s technological infrastructure is even more screwed than their airline industry. Some takeaways: If the sanctions are maintained, they will “almost certainly cause the collapse … Continue reading →

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China’s Semiconductor Industry: Shell Games All The Way Down

I’ve written about China’s semi-illusory semiconductor businesses before: “In China the question is always how much of that investment is real, and how much is illusion. A lot of those ‘under construction’ fabs never materialize, either unable to attract investors … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for January 15, 2021

Austin actually enjoyed a rare snowstorm this week. As opposed to those who follow the mainstream media, who enjoy snowstorms 24/7/365… President Trump is declassifying “a foot high stack of documents” related to Russiagate and Obamagate. Good. In the “stop … Continue reading →

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China Perfidy Roundup for December 31, 2020

We started the year with China lying about the deadly virus that was about to sweep the world, so let’s end the year with a China news roundup: There was a major leak of a database containing the names of … Continue reading →

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