Ngokwalokho okukhonjisiwe embikweni omusha, I-HiSilicon ephethwe nguHuawei ifake i-oda lenqubo entsha ye-14nm evela kwa-SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation), ngaphezu kokuthola ama-oda avela ku-TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company).
I-SMIC iqale ucwaningo nokuthuthukiswa kwezinqubo ze-14nm ngo-2015 futhi yaqala ukukhiqiza ngobuningi i-14nm FinFET chipsets ngempumelelo kusukela kwikota yesithathu yanyakenye. Le yimboni ethuthuke kakhulu ezweni lase China. Okwamanje, i-TSMC ingumhlinzeki osungulwe kule mboni, ingxenye enkulu yemisebenzi yayo igxile esitshalweni seNanjing esangena ku-inthanethi ekupheleni kuka-2018.
Phambilini, ama-oda amakhulu we-HiSilicon ama-chipset angama-16nm kanye ne-14nm abethathwa kakhulu yi-TSMC. Manje, Umkhiqizo osizayo kaHuawei u-oda kusuka ku-SMIC entsha ngobuchwepheshe obufanayo ... Kulabo abangazi, i-HiSilicon ithuthukisa ama-chipset we-Kirin smartphone chipsets we-Chinese.
Iphrojekthi eyaziwayo eyenziwe yi-SMIC, esebenza ngama-Smartphones, yayingeye-SoC evela ochungechungeni lweQualcomm's Snapdragon 400. Ngeshwa, okwamanje akucaci ukuthi iyiphi i-14nm SMIC ezokwenzelwa yona, kepha eyodwa noma ezimbalwa ze-Huawei noma i-Honor Smartphones (noma amaphilisi) kungaba ngowokuqala ukuyihlanganisa.
Ikakhulu, iTSMC ibhekene nezinkinga ezithile njengoba uhulumeni wase-US enezinhlelo zokwehlisa izinga le- "Derives from American Technology" lisuke ku-25% liye ku-10%. Lesi sinyathelo sizodala isithiyo ekunikezeni i-TSMC ezinkampanini ezingaphandle kwe-US, okuthinta izitayela zemakethe kanye nama-oda wenqubo ye-16nm. Kodwa-ke, asikho isizathu sokukhathazeka ... okungenani kuze kube yilapho kwenziwa umthetho, uma kwenzeka.