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 ...
Cryptopolitan on MSN

China built a secret prototype EUV lithography machine in Shenzhen using former ASML engineers

China just pushed the semiconductor fight into a new chapter. Inside a sealed compound in Shenzhen, scientists built a ...
NBC New York

ASML Is the Only Company Making the $200 Million Machines Needed to Print Every Advanced Microchip. Here's an Inside Look

In the southern Dutch town of Veldhoven, near the border with Belgium, sits the only factory capable of assembling a revolutionary machine that's relied upon by the world's biggest chipmakers. EUV ...
The Economist

The race is on to build the world’s most complex machine

Few would expect the future of artificial intelligence (AI) to depend on Eindhoven, a quiet Dutch town. Yet just beyond its borders sits the headquarters of ASML, the only company that makes the ...
TechSpot

Reverse-engineering ASML isn't going great for China, engineers allegedly broke the machine trying

In context: ASML Holding is the Dutch company that develops the world's most advanced chip manufacturing machines. Many are attempting to replicate ASML's technology, but, if the rumors coming from ...