Evidence mounts that China has sanctions-defying 5nm tech — Huawei reportedly preps new AI processor built with Chinese fabs' N+2 node
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Evidence mounts that China has sanctions-defying 5nm tech::Huawei’s next-generation Ascend 910B AI accelerator purportedly uses SMIC’s N+2 process technology.

  • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’m unsurprised that they have the tech. Whether or not their process has a high enough yield to be commercially viable remains to be seen, however.

    • cyd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      More to the point, it’s good that there exists an alternative to the ARM+Qualcomm platform, for commerical as well as technological competition. Natsec-based sledgehammer measures probably aren’t an efficient way to achieve this, but oh well.

  • Altofaltception@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1149·
    1 year ago

    Imagine achieving this while being blocked by western anti competition moves.

    No wonder the US is running scared. This is what China is able to do while handicapped. Imagine what would happen if we let them realize their full potential?

    • Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      483·
      1 year ago

      Let’s not pretend this was independently developed. As someone who lived in China, the success of their corporate espionage tactics has become a source of national pride.

      By design, the West is completely powerless in China if their tech is stolen and reproduced by Chinese companies. The government encourages this practice and will not participate in any effort to sue or punish the offending company.

      • Ahri Boy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        China is building GPUs, yet game devs aren’t ready to test their products on homegrown GPUs and test the compatibility with Linux through Proton.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          1 year ago

          Meh they just rebranded an old AMD card.

          The Chinese are very smart but their government seems to really insist on only copying other people’s stuff and not making their own.

          Just a handful of companies such as DJI and Bambu Labs have really done great innovation by not just blind copying.

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      I too imagine what China would be like without an authoritarian dictator at the helm who can’t stop threatening their neighbors.