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SMIC x Huawei (Ascend AI Chips)

SMIC serves as the exclusive foundry for Huawei's Ascend series AI chips, manufacturing them on its 7nm and planned 5nm processes. This is SMIC's most critical partnership, with Huawei being its largest customer for advanced nodes, supporting China's domestic AI chip supply chain despite US sanctions.

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Parties (2)

  • SMIC manufacturer
  • Huawei off-registry customer

Sources (1)

  1. https://www.ft.com/content/f46b7f6d-62ed-4b64-8ad7-2417e5ab34f6

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