Techzine Europe

How close is China’s EUV project to eliminating ASML’s monopoly?

Former ASML employees in China have contributed to a "Manhattan Project" to build their own EUV lithography machines. Should ...
Seeking Alpha

ASML: How Secure Is Its EUV Monopoly?

ASML is the sole producer of cutting-edge EUV lithography machines for advanced 3nm chip manufacturing. Huawei and SMEE are developing an LDP-based EUV system, aiming for mass production by 2026, ...
The New York Times

How the Maker of the ‘Most Complex Machine Humans Ever Created’ Is Navigating Trade Fights

ASML, the Dutch company that makes multimillion-dollar tools to manufacture advanced semiconductors, is grappling with the repercussions of a tech trade war. ASML’s high numerical aperture extreme ...

Ex-ASML workers reverse-engineered state of the art chipmaking machines to get China far closer than previously thought to independence from foreign tech

According to two Reuters sources, China now has a prototype EUV chipmaking machine. It's not yet produced a working chip—that's anticipated to happen in 2028 by the Chinese government and more likely ...
The National Interest

Did China Break an ASML Lithography Machine While Trying to Reverse-Engineer It?

Reverse-engineering lithography machines—the equipment on which advanced computer chips are manufactured—is not as straightforward as copying most industrial designs. In the race between innovators ...