▲ 18 ▼ China Does It Again: A NAND Memory Market First | TechInsights (www.techinsights.com) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Achievements are achievements. It was mostly likely not publicized because the CCP saw strategic advantage in having an ability that the West didn't know about. Now that it's out there, expect the typical central party spin machine to crank up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Interesting points, folks. I hadn't thought of the geo political angle... I guess it's anyone's guess as to whether or not the usual 3 letter agencies knew, but presumably Intel/TSMC/whoever is doing the real work these days is hoping to 'copy their homework', as such. permalink fedilink source parent [–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 2 years ago It is probably not important enough for any "hype" The same thing happened last year with China's first 7nm chip in a bitcoin miner. It was launched without any fanfare and only discovered by TechInsights a year later. https://www.techinsights.com/blog/smic-7nm-truly-7nm-technology-how-it-compares-tsmc-7nm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Interesting points, folks. I hadn't thought of the geo political angle... I guess it's anyone's guess as to whether or not the usual 3 letter agencies knew, but presumably Intel/TSMC/whoever is doing the real work these days is hoping to 'copy their homework', as such. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 2 years ago It is probably not important enough for any "hype" The same thing happened last year with China's first 7nm chip in a bitcoin miner. It was launched without any fanfare and only discovered by TechInsights a year later. https://www.techinsights.com/blog/smic-7nm-truly-7nm-technology-how-it-compares-tsmc-7nm permalink fedilink source parent