China is reported to have built an EUV lithography prototype by reverse-engineering older ASML tools, drawing industry attention. However, the larger concern may lie less in technological catch-up than in potential loopholes in existing export controls. According to a report from Center for a New Am...

While U.S. officials have reportedly signaled that long-anticipated semiconductor tariffs may not be imposed anytime soon, the country is maintaining strict controls on China’s chip industry. As part of these ongoing efforts, Reuters reports a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday introdu...

ASML, the company behind the world’s most advanced chipmaking tools, has offered fresh insights into the future of chipmaking and how its technologies will drive the next wave of progress. According to Commercial Times, Kuan-Cheng Hsu, Head of Customer Marketing for ASML Taiwan and Southeast Asia,...

As China pushes through semiconductor independence by ramping up domestic AI chips to counter NVIDIA, the country is reportedly taking another major step toward self-reliance as SMIC is said to be testing a deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machine developed by local start-up Yuliangsheng, as revea...

With SiCarrier stealing the show at SEMICON China, the company has disclosed more details on its product roadmap. The Chinese chip equipment firm claims to have developed lithography machines for 300-mm wafers on 28nm processes and plans to launch an upgraded version compatible with ASML and Applied...