Debate over Chinese AI chip scaling centers on HBM supply bottlenecks rather than logic manufacturing capacity

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Zephyr reports Huawei's Ascend production is on track for 1.4 million units.

The Strategic Squeeze: Inside the High-Stakes Capacity War for Domestic AI Chips | TMTPOSTA widening manufacturing bottleneck is driving an existential crisis for the domestic Artificial Intelligence (AI) hardware sector. With Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) serving as the sole viable foundry for advanced AI processors through its N+2 process, projected 2026 supply meets just 62% of market demand. This 1.6-million-unit deficit has transformed silicon allocation into a high-stakes geopolitical and regulatory puzzle. Major national champions command the lion's share of production, forcing tier-two fabless designers into aggressive customer-locking strategies and defensive restructuring to survive the capacity crunch.2h agoPixCut

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there doesn't seem to be a lot of info about late-stage DUV defect densities, but TSMC boasted of 0.09 in 2019. My calculation above was done with 0.15. Of course SMIC is not TSMC, but they've been fabbing Kirins on this process for the last 6 years. 0.15 is *conservative*. https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/2074725868203585605/photo/1

Debate over Chinese AI chip scaling centers on HBM supply bottlenecks rather than logic manufacturing capacity

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