Controversy
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Will China produce functional 5nm chips (any volume) by 2026?
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Huawei Central"Perhaps next year Pura/Mate smartphones and Matepad tablets could surprise consumers with a more powerful and efficient [5nm] Kirin chipset."Dec 04, 2025
Gina Raimondo“We don’t have any evidence that they [Chinese] can manufacture seven-nanometer at scale [let alone 5nm].”Sep 19, 2023
Fudzilla"The US can't stop Huawei and SMIC from making progress in chip technology, in fact, they already have the machines to get to 5 nanometers [by 2026]."Dec 04, 2025
Mark LaPedus"China is developing its own EUV systems [for 5nm development], but it’s unlikely those tools will be ready for production in the near term."Jun 27, 2025
Zhang Pingan"We will not get 3nm, and we will not get 5nm. It would be very, very good if we could solve 7nm."Dec 04, 2025
Christophe Fouquet"By banning the export of EUV, China will lag 10 to 15 years behind the West [in producing 5nm]."Dec 02, 2024
SemiAnalysis"If nothing changes with current restrictions, we expect Huawei and SMIC to have a true 5nm based chip in 2025 or 2026 with large scale AI chips not so long after."Sep 12, 2023
Wccftech"Since the U.S. has barred sales of ASML’s EUV machines to any Chinese firms, it is difficult to mass produce 5nm wafers, with Huawei facing a multitude of hurdles, such as low yields and increased production costs."Jun 16, 2025
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