{"id":35612,"date":"2022-02-11T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=35612"},"modified":"2022-02-11T07:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T07:00:20","slug":"us-china-tech-war-top-chinese-chip-maker-smic-to-invest-record-us5-billion-in-capacity-expansion-after-profits-doubled-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=35612","title":{"rendered":"US-China tech war: top Chinese chip maker SMIC to invest record US$5 billion in capacity expansion after profits doubled in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s biggest semiconductor foundry has set aside a record amount for capacity expansion in 2022, after its profits more than doubled in 2021 thanks to strong demand for chips.Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has earmarked US$5 billion for capital expenditure this year, up from US$4.5 billion in 2021. The investment could boost its monthly capacity by 130,000 to 150,000 8-inch equivalent wafers, the company said.The bigger investment plan came after SMIC reported that net\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3166663\/us-china-tech-war-top-chinese-chip-maker-smic-invest-record-us5?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s biggest semiconductor foundry has set aside a record amount for capacity expansion in 2022, after its profits more than doubled in 2021 thanks&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35612"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}