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China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along (wccftech.com)
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[–] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Haven't China also claimed a lot of impossible tasks like Cold Fusion, cure for cancer, and breaking most modern encryptions?

Might want to remain skeptical for now.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    This above all things. The number of inputs required to build a microchips is insane. There are probably 2 to 3 thousand separate vendors who are part of this process all of which produce highly specialized products. Not to mention the fact that all silicon used to produce chips is currently mined in a single quarry in South Carolina.

    China might be able to make a fab, but the inputs required to make chips are too diverse for any single nation to build 3 or 4 nm chips at scale by themselves.

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