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Friday 25 September 2026
Dutch PM presses US to avoid tighter ASML China curbs
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is pressing Washington to avoid another round of export restrictions on ASML's China business as US lawmakers pursue legislation that could tighten...
Wednesday 23 September 2026
Win Semiconductors expands optical communications capacity with DUV tools
Optical communications capacity is in short supply as surging computing demand from AI data centers turns transmission into a bottleneck for AI infrastructure. The market is shifting...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Exclusive: China's CAS institute charts DUV route to 3nm GAA without EUV
China's advanced semiconductor research has reached another milestone. The Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has established a gate-all-around (GAA)...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Analysis: China chases EUV as chipmakers move to High-NA
The extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography race is splitting into two tracks. Intel has moved High-NA EUV into production, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are targeting DRAM production...
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Huawei orchestrates China's DUV lithography push to cut reliance on ASML
Huawei is emerging as a central organiser of China's effort to build a domestic semiconductor equipment supply chain, backing critical lithography suppliers and helping connect them...
Friday 4 September 2026
China's EUV gap may stretch 10–15 years, but DUV gains test Western export controls
China may remain 10–15 years away from developing domestic extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, according to assessments from UBS and Zeiss, highlighting the technological...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Apple's CXMT play reportedly backfires on DUV limits, giving Samsung and SK Hynix more DRAM leverage

Apple's attempt to use China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) as leverage against Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has backfired...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
China's chip output jumps nearly 350% in a decade as semiconductor supply chain expands
China's industrial enterprises above the designated size produced 484.28 billion integrated circuits in 2025, up nearly 350% from 108.72 billion in 2015, as the country expanded manufacturing...
Friday 31 July 2026
Shanghai rises as China's lithography hub, powered by SMEE, Huawei and rising DUV rivals

China's lithography equipment sector has returned to the global semiconductor spotlight following reports that a domestically developed...

Thursday 30 July 2026
China's DUV shock: the secretive Aishengna rattles ASML with US$1B state backing

China's immersion DUV lithography programme has brought a little-known state-backed company into focus. Shanghai Aishengna Electronic...

Thursday 30 July 2026
China's 28nm DUV lithography enters fab validation, reportedly guided by State Council-level experts
China's 28nm DUV lithography programme has entered a new phase after Shanghai Aishengna Electronic Technology delivered its first five immersion deep ultraviolet lithography system...
Wednesday 29 July 2026
China's first home-grown immersion DUV production reveals real test beyond prototypes
China has begun producing domestically developed immersion deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines, moving a critical semiconductor-equipment programme beyond prototypes and towards...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
China reportedly starts making homegrown DUV chipmaking tools; threatens ASML's stranglehold on semiconductor equipment
China has begun manufacturing domestically developed immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, a potential turning point in its effort to build a self-sufficient semiconductor...
Thursday 16 July 2026
ASML's rumored move to raise lithography prices sets up rare clash with TSMC as AI hands toolmakers pricing power
An AI-fueled earnings beat has emboldened ASML to do something it rarely does: raise prices on the lithography machines that are essential to making advanced chips. That plan is now...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Formosa Chemicals moves into AI data center materials and DUV photoresist precursors
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. announced plans to expand into high-value semiconductor and AI data center materials and will debut these businesses at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2026. The...