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SMIC

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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
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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 …

2026-02-11
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 …

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

Bloomberg :

2025-09-08
SemiAnalysis

A deep dive into Huawei's Ascend AI chip production, SMIC, TSMC, US export controls, HBM bottlenecks, China's HBM issues, Huawei's data center chips, and more

H20 Shipments, Blackwell B30A, Bottlenecks to Chinese Chip Production, Export Controls, CXMT, SMIC, Cambricon

2024-11-20
Bloomberg

SMIC's Shanghai-listed shares are up 120% from a September 2024 low, outperforming Nvidia and TSMC, on an expected boost from China's chip self-reliance push

- SMIC has more than doubled in two months as market eyes Trump  — Competition looms and valuation not attractive: Morgan Stanley

2024-02-06
Financial Times 7 related

Sources: SMIC plans to use its stock of US and Dutch-made equipment to build 5nm Kirin chips designed by Huawei's HiSilicon for smartphones, despite US curbs

SMIC and Huawei plan to make new 5nm processor, supporting Beijing's goal for advanced semiconductors

2022-09-15
South China Morning Post

A look at Shanghai's status as China's chip hub: SMIC and SMEE making 14nm and 90nm chips, ~$36.95B market size in 2021 or ~25% of China's total, and more

Jiaxing Li / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @pstasiatech Tweets: Paul Triolo / @pstasiatech : Shanghai emerges as China's semiconductor highland City has emerged as a centre for China's most comp...

2022-08-18
Financial Times 2 related

After booming demand during the pandemic and a rapid inventory build-up in 2022, Intel, Nvidia, SMIC, and TSMC face a sudden downturn, perplexing analysts

2022-08-17
Financial Times 3 related

After booming demand during the pandemic and a rapid inventory build-up in 2022, Intel, Nvidia, SMIC, and TSMC face a sudden downturn, perplexing analysts

After dealing with booming demand and global shortages since the start of the pandemic, the semiconductor industry is facing a sudden downturn.

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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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