China’s chip equipment sector is accelerating its push for greater self-reliance. According to Newsswitch, the country has been a key driver of global semiconductor investment in recent years and is now moving to localize critical technologies long dependent on overseas suppliers, including lithog...

China’s chipmaking equipment makers are gaining momentum. According to Nikkei, three Chinese firms ranked among the world’s top 20 semiconductor equipment manufacturers last year—up from just one in 2022—as U.S. export restrictions push China’s chip industry to strengthen long-standing gap...

As China accelerates its semiconductor consolidation, its footprint is extending into lithography machines, one of the most advanced sectors of chipmaking equipment. According to ICRANK, Shanghai Weiyao Industrial Co., Ltd. has recently undergone a shareholder change, with Shanghai Micro Electronics...

One of the shareholders of Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Group (SMEE), Zhangjiang Group, recently posted on WeChat, claiming that SMEE had successfully developed a 28nm lithography machine. However, the mentioned text was deleted shortly thereafter. According to reports from Bloomberg and ...

From the Entity List in 2020 to the Chips and Science Act of 2022, the US government has been tightening its grip on China's semiconductor industry by blocking the export of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The pressing question on everyone's mind is: Will China's semiconductor indust...