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  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Chinese chipmakers push to limit foreign suppliers

    SMIC and CXMT seek local alternatives amid US pressure

    The logos of SMIC and CXMT
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China raises $47bn for chip industry in drive for self-sufficiency

    ‘Big Fund’ completes its largest round to date with makers of equipment for chip factories expected to be main beneficiaries

    Tthe headquarters of Semiconductor Manufacturing International in Shanghai, China
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    China’s SMIC warns of fiercer price war for less advanced chips

    Demand in second half of year still ‘uncertain’, says top Chinese semiconductor maker

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  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Semiconductors
    China on cusp of next-generation chip production despite US curbs

    SMIC and Huawei plan to make new 5nm processor, supporting Beijing’s goal for advanced semiconductors

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  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
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    China launches new blue-chip stock index to push growth sectors

    More diversified CSI A50 index gives greater emphasis to priority industries such as renewables and chips

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  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    The Big Read
    How Huawei surprised the US with a cutting-edge chip made in China

    The inside story of how the country’s flagship tech company kept its edge in the semiconductor war despite sanctions

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  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    China’s biggest chipmaker warns geopolitics is stoking global glut

    Co-chief of SMIC says pressures to reshape supply chains are creating ‘excess capacity’

    SMIC headquarters in Shanghai
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Chris Miller
    What the most ‘Chinese’ smartphone yet tells us about politics

    The advances in domestic chipmaking suggest western controls will be far from watertight

    An advertisement for the Huawei Mate 60 series smartphone in a Shanghai street
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Semiconductors
    US to check on chips used in Huawei’s ‘Made in China’ smartphone

    Mate 60 Pro sells out in China as public celebrate reports of domestic chip breakthrough despite years of sanctions

    A specialist disassembles Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro smartphone
  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s Big Fund corruption probe casts shadow over chip sector

    Investment plummets after Beijing’s largesse laid ground for alleged graft and wasteful spending

    Xi Jinping
  • Monday, 15 August, 2022
    Inside BusinessKathrin Hille
    China’s chip breakthrough poses strategic dilemma

    How much time and money will SMIC sink into producing its new semiconductor at scale?

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    China’s top chipmaker says geopolitical tension adds to industry ‘panic’

    SMIC chief warns high inflation and a cyclical downturn in chip demand are slowing growth

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  • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
    US-China trade dispute
    Ex-Arm chief resigns from board of China’s largest chipmaker

    Tudor Brown quits SMIC amid rising tech tensions between Beijing and the west

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  • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
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    SMIC/Tudor Brown: east-west tech tensions point NED to the exit Premium content

    Chinese chipmakers are facing growing pressure from both the US and at home

    A Chinese flag flies near the SMIC headquarters in Shanghai
  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
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    China semiconductors/SMIC: longer waits for new cars mean higher profits Premium content

    As most auto companies warn of longer delivery times, chipmaker’s shares could soon stage a reversal

    SMIC’s headquarters in Shanghai, China, pictured in December 2020
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Semiconductors
    Boardroom drama shakes China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC

    Industry’s dependence on Taiwanese talent highlighted by co-CEO’s threat to resign

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    US-China relations
    US adds China’s largest chipmaker to export blacklist

    Trump administration move raises tensions with Beijing as Joe Biden prepares to take office

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Shares of China’s biggest chipmaker drop on reports co-CEO has quit

    Departure would be latest blow to semiconductor group SMIC following US sanctions

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    China’s biggest chipmaker warns of delays due to US sanctions

    Shanghai-based SMIC insists restrictions are ‘manageable’ as revenue rises 32%

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    US chokehold pushes China chip self-sufficiency up the agenda

    Beijing’s plans for sector in spotlight as Communist party develops next five-year plan

    Staff at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp in Shanghai, China in 2011
  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
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    SMIC shares fall as Chinese chipmaker warns of hit from US curbs

    Restrictions on exports a huge blow to Beijing’s semiconductor ambitions, say analysts

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
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    US conducts semi trade war

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  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
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    Damage from the latest escalation of the trade war will be felt by US as well as Chinese businesses

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Shares in China’s top chipmaker SMIC fall after US blacklisting

    Export restrictions are fresh blow to Beijing’s domestic semiconductor industry

  • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC hit by US sanctions

    Move further hurts semiconductor sector after penalties on Huawei

    US Department of Commerce says exports to SMIC pose an ‘unacceptable risk’ of being diverted to ‘military end use’
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