China chip design 2022: start living with US sanctions · TechNode

China can design powerful high-end chips, but US sanctions might make them lose access to manufacturing the design.

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up One of the bright spots when it comes to China’s semiconductor industry is its design capabilities. Yes, these companies mostly rely on US design tools, and when designing leading-edge designs, need to use outside fabs such as TSMC and Samsung, but from a pure design point of view, there is some very skilled talent in China. It’s good enough to get sanctioned at least, with notable examples being Biren Tech and YMTC. So, how was 2022 for China’

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