China Wasn’t Supposed to Build This

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China wasn’t supposed to be able to build this machine. For years, ASML has dominated the world’s most critical semiconductor equipment market, while China has faced restrictions on accessing advanced lithography technology. But that is beginning to change. A Chinese company, Yuliangsheng, has developed an advanced domestic DUV lithography system that is reportedly being tested by major Chinese chipmakers, including SMIC. The machine is still far behind ASML’s most advanced systems — especially EUV — but its significance may be much bigger than its current performance. In this video, we break down China’s new DUV lithography push, how SMIC is testing the technology, Huawei’s role in building a domestic semiconductor equipment ecosystem, and why optics, light sources, precision engineering and manufacturing scale remain enormous challenges. The bigger question is not whether China has already defeated ASML. It hasn’t. The question is whether China has finally taken the first serio

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