This is a photo of the architecture of SMIC’s 7 nm chip. This is making big headlines in Western tech press.
Especially because U.S. pours more billions in its semiconductor industry than China does and that SMIC is slated to get prohibited from buying ASML’s DUV lithography machines. Yet today China’s SMIC is at least 2 generations ahead of Intel 😁
Curious timing though, with the CHIPS act up for a vote. Intel, Micron would have us believe SMIC somehow jumped two nodes so they can get $50B in taxpayer money.
Intel’s x86_64 is already at a dead end. Apple’s Arm chips are faster and way more power efficient.
Completely outclassed on the Mac side and heavily bleeding market share to AMD for years on the non-Mac side
All because their stupid execs couldn’t bother to treat their workers a bit less garbage so all their talent wouldn’t leave