Last mentioned: Jun 13, 2026
Across the most recent 1 story covering ICwise — 100% positive sentiment, averaging 8/10 impact.
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ICwise Issues Briefing on Tau Law
Shanghai-based firm ICwise publishes a note interpreting the Tau Law as an attempt to 'redefine what advanced means' beyond physical scaling.
He Tingbo Presents Tau Scaling Law at IEEE ISCAS
At the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Shanghai, He introduces the Tau (τ) Scaling Law, claiming a path to 1.4nm-equivalent chips by 2031 without EUV.
US Adds Huawei to Entity List
The US Commerce Department imposes export controls, cutting Huawei off from American technology, including advanced semiconductors and EUV lithography. He Tingbo retreats from public view.
Huawei semiconductor chief He Tingbo resurfaced with the Tau Scaling Law, a concept claiming to achieve 1.4nm chip densities by 2031 without banned EUV equipment. Legal experts examine the potential to circumvent US sanctions, raising urgent questions about export control enforcement and intellectual property strategy.
Source: Ann Cao (hk) · Ann Cao (cn)
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| Story count | Number of distinct stories where ICwise was a primary or referenced actor. |
| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
| Sentiment distribution | Aggregate sentiment of the stories mentioning this entity, weighted by impact score. |
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