How Are Over 10 Billion Transistors Installed in Chips?

How Are Over 10 Billion Transistors Installed in Chips?

With the continuous improvement of chip technology, there can be over 10 billion transistors in a chip. How are so many transistors installed? 01 As chips are constantly magnified, they resemble a huge city. This is a top-down view SEM photo, which clearly shows the layered structure inside the CPU. The line widths become narrower … Read more

Detailed Introduction to WiFi Chip Manufacturers and Module Solutions

Detailed Introduction to WiFi Chip Manufacturers and Module Solutions

Unknowingly, WiFi has almost conquered the entire world. Now, whenever you go online, you might find it hard to live without WiFi. The year 2016 is expected to be the year of explosive growth for IoT WiFi applications. The traditional WiFi chips commonly found in products like smartphones and tablets mainly come from foreign manufacturers … Read more

The History of China’s Semiconductor Industry

The History of China's Semiconductor Industry

Click the title below “National New South” for quick attention Source: Shuo Xin Yu In the 1930s, Zhang Xilun, a student from Hebei, graduated from the first mining university in China, Jiaozuo Institute of Technology. As a rare talent specialized in metallurgy, he was hired by a steel plant in Shanghai. After the outbreak of … Read more

Ajinomoto’s Grip on the Global Chip Industry

Ajinomoto's Grip on the Global Chip Industry

Ajinomoto’s Grip on the Global Chip Industry There is a company in Japan called Ajinomoto, which produces monosodium glutamate. However, if this company suddenly stops production, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the global chip industry could face a major earthquake by 2030—because this monosodium glutamate company can actually “choke” the global … Read more

Daily Foreign Press | 0827 – The Fantasy of Domestic Chip Manufacturing in the U.S.

Daily Foreign Press | 0827 - The Fantasy of Domestic Chip Manufacturing in the U.S.

Michael Detailed Course Background Knowledge Once a source of pride for American technology, Intel is now in an unprecedented decline. Half a century ago, this chip giant was synonymous with cutting-edge technology, dominating the personal computer chip market and briefly becoming the second most valuable company in the world in 2000. However, today, with a … Read more

Chip Equipment – Domestic Substitution and Self-Control in Core Areas [Beneficial Targets]

Chip Equipment - Domestic Substitution and Self-Control in Core Areas [Beneficial Targets]

Click the blue text above to follow us On August 21, DeepSeek’s official WeChat account stated that UE8M0 FP8 is designed for the upcoming next-generation domestic chip. On August 22, DeepSeek-V3.1 was officially released, adding support for FP8 precision and domestic chips. CITIC Construction Investment Research Report believes that the support of leading domestic open-source … Read more

Photomasks: The Invisible Key to Chip Competition

Photomasks: The Invisible Key to Chip Competition

Photomask / PHOTOMASK Did you know? The billions of fine circuits on a chip rely on a “micro film” to accurately “draw” them out — this is the photomask. From 193nm deep ultraviolet to 13.5nm extreme ultraviolet, from 28nm mass production to 14nm breakthroughs, this “small slice” of quartz and chromium film hides the core … Read more

The Great Revolution in Chip Power Supply: What Are the Benefits of Backside Power Delivery Network (BSPDN)?

The Great Revolution in Chip Power Supply: What Are the Benefits of Backside Power Delivery Network (BSPDN)?

In the world of chip manufacturing, the race at the nanoscale has never ceased. As we transition from 7nm to 5nm, 3nm, and even more advanced processes, an unexpected challenge has emerged: the power delivery network is starting to occupy the front space of the chip. It’s like a bustling city where utility poles and … Read more

Chip Manufacturing: Critical Dimension (CD)

Chip Manufacturing: Critical Dimension (CD)

Imagine you are building a miniature city, where the width of the roads is only a thousandth of a hair, and the size deviation of each building must be less than a few atoms—this is the challenge faced by modern chip manufacturing. Among these, the Critical Dimension (CD), such as the narrowest gate width in … Read more

Shanghai Composite Index Breaks 3800! Semiconductor Equipment Soars

Shanghai Composite Index Breaks 3800! Semiconductor Equipment Soars

1 Today’s A-share Market Performance Today (August 22), the market fluctuated and rose throughout the day. The Shanghai Composite Index continued to reach new highs, surpassing 3800 points, and the Sci-Tech Innovation 50 Index rose over 8%, reaching a nearly three-year high. By the close, over 2802 stocks in the Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share markets … Read more