Earlier this year, Huawei and SMIC achieved a new milestone by successfully developing the 5nm technology, but given that the wafers on this lithography will be mass produced using the older DUV machinery, China’s largest foundry will undoubtedly be running to yield issues. Sadly, this problem extends to the 7nm process too, which TSMC adopted in 2018, meaning that SMIC is multiple generations behind the competition. A new report states that despite receiving a massive budget from the Chinese government, the chip manufacturer cannot scale the 7nm barrier, meaning that Huawei will be stuck using this technology until at least […]