SMIC, SMIC, boom: China's homegrown chip foundry raises £5.27bn as it hits Shanghai Stock Exchange

Shares in SMIC — mainland China’s answer to Taiwanese silicon fabricator TSMC — soared nearly 202 per cent in their first day of trading, after the chipmaker debuted its public listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Board. SMIC issued 1.68 billion shares at an initial price of 27.46 yuan (or £3.13/$3.92 at today’s …

[TheInstigator]

Waiting for an update to Stuxnet

I'm sure a future release of an updated version of Stuxnet targeted at SMIC will cause some issues.

[W.S.Gosset]

While another CN semiconductor shop goes bust

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-07-14/nanjing-28-billion-computer-chip-project-goes-bust-101579407.html

Interesting times.