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SMIC

81 articles decelerating

SMIC has appeared in 81 articles since 2020-05. Coverage peaked in 2023Q3 with 8 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside China, Huawei, Chinese, Bloomberg.

Articles
81
mentions
Velocity
-60.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.600
velocity change
Sources
12
publications
The Pressure Test
In 2018, US export controls were designed to prevent China from mass-producing advanced chips. In 2026, Huawei's domestic AI chip is in mass production with pri...

Coverage Timeline

2026-04-04
CNBC 2 related

Chinese semiconductor companies like SMIC reported record 2025 revenue, driven by AI demand and China's self-sufficiency push as a result of US restrictions

2026-04-03
CNBC 1 related

Chinese semiconductor companies like SMIC reported record 2025 revenue, driven by AI demand and China's self-sufficiency push as a result of US restrictions

Chinese semiconductor firms have reported record revenue last year driven by AI demand, a shortage of memory chips and U.S. export restrictions …

2026-03-27
Reuters 9 related

Senior Trump officials say SMIC has been sending chipmaking tools to Iran for about a year; the US has sanctioned the company over alleged Chinese military ties

SMIC, China's largest chipmaker, has sent chipmaking tools to Iran's military, two senior Trump administration officials said on Thursday …

2026-03-16
Reuters 4 related

Sources: Hua Hong is readying a 7nm process at its Shanghai fab with Huawei's help, which would make it China's second chipmaker with such tech, after SMIC

China's Hua Hong Group has developed advanced chip manufacturing technologies that can be used to produce artificial intelligence chips …

2026-02-12
Reuters 7 related

Applied Materials reaches a $252M settlement with the US Commerce Department, resolving allegations it illegally exported chipmaking equipment to SMIC in China

2026-02-11
Wall Street Journal 5 related

SMIC CEO Zhao Haijun says the industry is “a bit panicked” about the memory chip shortage, and more supply may arrive in nine months; prices are up 80%+ in 2026

More supply could come to market in nine months, executive says  —  The chief executive of China's largest contract chip maker …

2026-02-10
Wall Street Journal 2 related

SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and annual revenue up 16% YoY to $9.33B in 2025

For the first quarter of 2026, the chip maker expects revenue to be flat sequentially  —  Semiconductor Manufacturing …

2025-12-29
Reuters

China's SMIC plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in its SMNC unit for ~$5.8B, making the unit wholly owned; SMNC focuses on 12" integrated circuit wafers

China's top foundry SMIC (0981.HK) said on Monday that it plans to acquire the remaining 49% stake in unit SMNC for 40.6 billion yuan …

2025-12-12
Bloomberg 3 related

TechInsights: Huawei's Kirin 9030 chip, used in its Mate 80 Pro Max phone, is China's most advanced chip to date and was produced with SMIC's updated 7nm tech

Huawei Technologies Co. and manufacturing partner Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. are making advances …

2025-11-18
Bloomberg 1 related

Xiaomi President Lu Weibing says the company expects a shortfall in memory chips to push up mobile device prices in 2026, after SMIC's similar warning last week

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 79 Techmeme articles mentioning SMIC, dating back to May 2020. The biggest stories include US sets export restrictions on China's biggest chipmaker SMIC, saying exports to SMIC... and US government is considering putting export restrictions on SMIC, which would block US.... Frequently covered alongside Huawei, Bloomberg, TSMC, Trump, and Samsung. Coverage has shifted toward regulation, developer themes and away from research, competition.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +75pts; consumer +25pts; research -25pts
2024Q3enterprise -50pts; developer +50pts; consumer -50pts
2024Q4enterprise -25pts; developer -50pts; regulation -50pts

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