Patel estimates SMIC's seven nanometer yield at 60-70% based on tool orders and Huawei's phone shipment volumes.
“And the third was looking at the volumes and such, right? So how many tools have they ordered?”
Patel estimates SMIC yield by analyzing tool orders since companies don't publicly disclose China sales.
“And you have to do a lot of napkin math to figure this out because no one publicly releases how many tools SMIC is buying from them.”