China’s New Mirror BREAK ZEISS’ $12.2B Monopoly
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China may have just made a major move in one of the most difficult parts of the semiconductor industry: EUV optics. A new Chinese research effort involving highly reflective mirrors could challenge the technological advantage that has made ZEISS a critical supplier for advanced lithography. EUV lithography depends on extraordinarily precise mirrors to manipulate 13.5 nm light, and even small differences in reflectivity can have major consequences once light passes through multiple optical surfaces. But there’s an important catch: demonstrating a high-performance mirror in a laboratory is not the same as manufacturing thousands of production-grade optics with extreme consistency. In this video, we break down the Chinese mirror breakthrough, why ZEISS dominates semiconductor optics, how EUV mirrors work, and what this could mean for China’s long-term attempt to build an independent advanced-chip manufacturing ecosystem. Is China actually closing the gap with ZEISS — or is the hardest
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