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China quietly works to cut reliance on ASML’s most advanced machines
China is quietly making progress on a new technique to develop advanced chips without the need for EUV systems from Dutch giant ASML, a breakthrough that could potentially thwart US trade sanctions.
By applying SAQP to DUV machines, China could make sophisticated 5-nanometre grade chips without the need for more advanced EUV tools sold only by ASML Local semiconductor equipment leader Naura Technology Group began preliminary research into lithography systems in March, according to sources While it is far from certain that Naura’s new research efforts will pay off, the move shows the determination by the country’s chip industry to break US-orchestrated sanctions aimed at curbing China’s advances in semiconductors and artificial intelligence. The US government is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese semiconductor firms linked to Huawei Technologies after the Shenzhen-based tech giant achieved a noticeable breakthrough in advanced chips, Bloomberg reported last month.
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