Interesting Links from Around the Web
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This week we have a short post with interesting links from around the web.
Interesting Links from Around the Web
A disappointing move by Intel to cut fab buildout and pay dividends. The recently passed CHIPS act shouldn’t be used as an excuse to give shareholders a handout.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-posts-dollar500-million-loss-for-the-first-time-in-decades-as-sales-drop-17: Intel posts its first loss in decades.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02083-2: DeepMind releases AlphaFold structures for almost all known proteins.
https://www.science.org/content/article/pillbug-like-organism-pollinator-sea: A crustacean acts as a pollinator for sea based algae.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-bytedance-topbuzz-pro-china-content: Bytedance, TikTok’s parent company, has used its apps to push propaganda to American citizens.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/22/africa-embassies-short-staffed-us-sahel-china-russia/: US embassies in Africa are severely understaffed.
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https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/01/column_7nm_chips_china/
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/22/china_smic_7nm_chips/
Just read these two articles from "The Register". I was wondering what your take would be wrt wishful thinking (on both China's and the "Wests"'s part) vs. actual Chinese advances.
Is it possible that China will end up being able to develop new technology using whatever tricks they invented to get to 7nm with DUV? Could these same tricks be used (with EUV) to add a few more generations of Moore's Law? Could they use their expertise in AI to aid the design of new chips and their fab processes?
Any comments?