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China's top foundry SMIC unexpectedly removed 14nm process service from its webstie home page, and its co-CEO Liang Mong Song, the key figure in charge of the company's development of advanced processes, has not made public appearances for a long time, sparking market concerns about whether and how its process advancement will be carried on or will eventually become an unrealized dream of Liang.

A report disclosed in July 2022 that Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) had been shipping 7nm chips made with 14nm equipment for the MinerVa Bitcoin Miner SoC for a year. The China-based pure-play foundry has yet to respond to the report, but is believed to have taken a low-profile approach to making its process technology advances.

China’s top chipmaker SMIC's 7-nanometer process to produce semiconductors has placed it on par with industry giants like Intel and Samsung Electronics.

After selling his property in Taiwan last year, engineer Richard Chang bought shares in his current employer on the Chinese mainland. Such a bet might worry some, but Chang, who works for a semiconductor equipment company in China, is confident in his investment.

US wants to ban Chinese chip maker SMIC. SMIC may be prevented from buying advanced chip manufacturing equipment.