China Has Made Its Biggest Breakthrough Yet In Homegrown Chip Manufacturing

China has begun mass-producing immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, reducing dependence on foreign suppliers amid US and Dutch export restrictions. A Chinese state-owned firm is leading efforts to develop domestic semiconductor equipment, with plans to build more machines and potentially mass-produce extreme ultraviolet lithography tools, aiming to eventually challenge ASML's market dominance.

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