“China has crossed a milestone that many in the semiconductor industry once viewed as years away. A #Chinese state-backed company has begun mass producing homegrown immersion deep ultraviolet #DUV #lithography machines, marking the country’s first commercial manufacturing effort for one of the most advanced and tightly controlled pieces of #chipmaking equipment.
The move gives Chinese chipmakers their strongest domestic alternative yet to Western lithography systems and marks another step in Beijing’s campaign to reduce reliance on #ForeignTechnology after years of export restrictions from the United States and its allies.
The development was first reported by #TheInformation, which said the Shanghai-based manufacturer has already started production and expects to deliver its first systems to leading domestic chipmakers later this year.”
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