China Starts Mass-Producing Its Own Chipmaking Machines, Rattling ASML

China has started mass production of domestically developed immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, targeting major Chinese chipmakers and challenging ASML's dominance in the chipmaking equipment market, though it does not yet rival ASML's EUV technology.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Semiconductors, and 21 sources have reported it between 27 Jul 2026 and 3 Aug 2026.