China to increase leading-edge chip output by 5x in two years, report claims — aims to lift 7nm and 5nm production to 100,000 wafers per month, targeting half a million monthly by 2030

SMIC.

China's leading chipmakers are working hard to increase the output of chips made using leading-edge process technologies by five times in two years to satisfy the demand of the domestic AI sector, reports Nikkei. This is going to be particularly hard to achieve given that China-based chipmakers do not have access to leading-edge tools from American, Japanese, and European companies.

Go deeper with TH Premium: Chipmaking

(Image credit: tsmc)

• A deeper look at the chipmaking supply chain
• TSMC's $165 billion U.S. investments examined
• China reportedly reverse-engineers EUV tool
• China bets on DUV, as EUV blockade reshapes chipmaking